3 challenges, from 13 reviews on Android and iOS.
Spotify
it keeps telling me that I can't choose my own music or songs
Build itMake the restriction legible before the tap, not after it.
Start itNot a company. This is a disclosure problem, not a missing product.
Study itDo people understand what a free music tier permits before installing?
Write itThe free tier that hides its own rules until you tap.
Reported repeatedly
Spotify
Spotify has its moments of working, but most times does not
Build itPersist the playback position through the app being killed.
Start itA player that keeps your position across whatever you listen on.
Study itHow often does playback state survive a backgrounded app?
Write itThe app that forgets where you were.
Reported repeatedly
Spotify
even though I got an add every 2 songs
Build itKeep the advert out of the surfaces a listener has to touch.
Start itListening software whose free limits are published and then held.
Study itWhere is the point at which interruption stops being tolerable?
Write itTwo songs, an advert, and then the album art disappears.
Early signal
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