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Can't share with friend via spotify username

Can't share with friend via spotify username

Believe it or not, I know a lot of people who don't use Facebook (especially foreigners).

 

I'd like to share music with them via Spotify. In the desktop app, if I know the Spotify username, I can just type it in and send it to them. But for some reason, on iPhone this feature is not available. It appears I can only send to Spotify user's who are also on Facebook (or maybe on my phone's contact list, not sure?)

 

Am I missing something? Is there a workaround? If not, can I request the feature that I can input the Spotify username directly?

 

And why can't I just say a certain Spotify username is my friend and then have them appear in my friend's list without having to rely on Facebook? I'm not sure if there's a bug with desktop Spotify, because whenever I go into the "people" screen, it has a button that says "Get started", even though I already linked things to Facebook. When I click "Get started", nothing happens. Seems like a bug. Is it related to the lack of functionality on my phone?

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HEY admins, ya think you can make it easier to share music please?   as stated above not everyone uses FB, and i only started using it again to get the word out so you can make more money....  in fact i know for a fact at least 30 people signed up for premium service thanks to me, who in turned signed up more people, so all in all instead of a free year(which would be awesome) I just want to share music to non users of FB....

THANKS

"Believe it or not, I know a lot of people who don't use Facebook"

 

Spotify won't believe you. Facebook has been mandatory for new sign-ups for 7 months now, I don't think it's a huge issue for them.


@Stupify wrote:

"Believe it or not, I know a lot of people who don't use Facebook"

 

Spotify won't believe you. Facebook has been mandatory for new sign-ups for 7 months now, I don't think it's a huge issue for them.


Ya its pretty weak....   I'ld like to think that they would realize that while I share music, I dont necessarily want to share FB with the world....

Spotify thinks of itself as a part of Facebook, which probably explains why there's no Spotify username sharing.

 

It's dumb that Spotify requires a Facebook profile from new users. Instagram is OWNED by Facebook and it doesn't need a Facebook account!

I've got the same problem. Nor my dad, nor I've got a Facebook account. There are loads of people who doesn't, which means we no longer can share tracks. It's a shame, but it means that my cellphone operator will earn more money as I'll text him instead. Which means Spotify in the end loses trust and in the long run - money. Sorry Spotify - or shape up!

So is there a way to share outside of Facebook if we know someone's username?  I can't even figure that out.  Bought two subscriptions as presents and none of us can share because we aren't on Facebook.  Lame.

 Yes, it is possible to share songs with your friends, if you know the user name. The way to do it is to write on the field search this chain:    spotify:user:friendusername  

Of course, friendusername is the name of you friend. It works and dont know why this is a hidden characteristic in Spotify, I suppose that it is to force people to use FB... not fair Spotify!! not everyone use this **bleep**, I dont want everybody know what I am listening, just the friends that I choose. Sorry for my english

Doesn't work for me.

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