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Falken Dec 13, 2020 @ 12:57am

Integration with Spotify on Steam

It's past time for the Steam panel to have an integration with Spotify for those who want to listen to music while playing

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cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:02am

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/search/?gidforum=882959061469928464&include_deleted=1&q=spotify+integration

Spawn of Totoro Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:05am

Why? There are many other services that could be added instead, why not add one of them instead?

Dedicating it to a specific service will just cause others who want their service to get angry. Best not to tie any such service to the Steam service. All of them have their own programs that can be used.

Falken Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:13am

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:
Why? There are many other services that could be added instead, why not add one of them instead?

Dedicating it to a specific service will just cause others who want their service to get angry. Best not to tie any such service to the Steam service. All of them have their own programs that can be used.

Nobody wants another service, they just want to use yours. PS4 works great

Falken Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:15am

is a natural evolution of the music player that nobody uses

Mad Scientist Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:15am

No. Not every service needs to do the same exact thing as others. We don't need to integrate everything with everything, services being separate from each other is a good thing.

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:17am

Adding another platform onto the licensing of the music would be an expensive venture. Not including the system resources and bloat that a lot of users don't want.

Falken Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:20am

Users don't care, we just want what suits us best. With future developments everything adapts

cSg|mc-Hotsauce Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:21am

Originally posted by Falken:
Users don't care, we just want what suits us best. With future developments everything adapts

Tell that to the users who want the old library back.

You still haven't touched on the licensing issue.

Last edited by cSg|mc-Hotsauce; Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:21am

Falken Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:25am

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:
Originally posted by Falken:
Users don't care, we just want what suits us best. With future developments everything adapts

Tell that to the users who want the old library back.

You still haven't touched on the licensing issue.

:qr:

I didn't say to remove the player, just add a plugin to integrate services.

cinedine Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:30am

Originally posted by Falken:
Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:
Why? There are many other services that could be added instead, why not add one of them instead?

Dedicating it to a specific service will just cause others who want their service to get angry. Best not to tie any such service to the Steam service. All of them have their own programs that can be used.
Nobody wants another service, they just want to use yours. PS4 works great

The PS4 is meant as an entertainment center.
Steam is a store and game launcher.

PS4 doesn't have the inherent ability to run multiple applications at the same time.
A PC does.

Just use a desktop application or your webbrowser. There is no reason at all to add even more bloat to Steam.

Also, why Spotify? Why not Last.fm? Why not Audible? Or YouTube Music? Deezer, Soundcloud, ...

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Gwarsbane Dec 13, 2020 @ 1:44am

This again....

Short version, no.

Long version, use the search feature to read why not as has been said MANY times.

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Spawn of Totoro Dec 13, 2020 @ 2:17am

Originally posted by Falken:
Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:
Why? There are many other services that could be added instead, why not add one of them instead?

Dedicating it to a specific service will just cause others who want their service to get angry. Best not to tie any such service to the Steam service. All of them have their own programs that can be used.
Nobody wants another service, they just want to use yours. PS4 works great

So no one may want to use Amazon Music or I heart Radio instead of Spotify? Highly unlikely that people only wan to use Spotify.

Like I said, why should Steam tie it's self to Spotify when there are many other such services out there? It would only make users of those other services mad that their service isn't integrated into Steam. May as well just not integrate any.

Steam has a web browser in it. You could just use the web version of Spotify.

Last edited by Spawn of Totoro; Dec 13, 2020 @ 2:21am

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