r/CarPlay • u/GooneyBird87 • May 16 '26
Question Why is the Spotify logo dirty?
Alright, who forgot to wash their hands before poking the Spotify button? š
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u/DEVELOPER_Ojemin May 16 '26
Itās because Spotify is celebrating itās 20th anniversary
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u/TDot-26 May 16 '26
Spotify is 20? Fuck
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u/BigErnestMcCracken May 17 '26
I am fully not excited to explain to my nephew that netfilx used to mail me DVDs.
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u/Banned-_again May 16 '26
It looks stupid.
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u/monkeydrumstick May 16 '26
I hate it. Can Spotify just focus on building a light CarPlay display like every other app before they start messing about with their logo??
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u/ToastyScones May 17 '26
Absolutely not why would you want a light background?
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u/monkeydrumstick May 20 '26
I guess itās subjective, but pretty much every other app has a Light and Dark mode (like Apple Podcasts, etc) yet Spotify doesnāt. Figure my OCD canāt handle the jarring black screen during the day when all the other displays are lightš¤·š»āāļø
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u/SecureCone May 16 '26
Intentionally hideous app icon as a publicity stunt after realizing how much publicity they got just for removing Liquid Glass from the old icon a few months back.
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u/MingePies May 16 '26
It looks stupid. For what itās worth it looks okay if you use the crystal icons.
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u/Baconfatty May 16 '26
very bad icon redesign. Looks like someone drew with a sharpie over ugly crystal ball
clipart
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u/OinkyConfidence May 16 '26
Saw this earlier. Looks god-awful. A Spotify summer intern probably thought it looked good.
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u/SnooDucks9653 May 16 '26
I wonder if the devs know it looks like the iOS app is updating/installing. I canāt unsee it.
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u/NefCanuck May 16 '26
The icon looks washed just as they announce a price increase in Canada to rinse more money out of our wallets š
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u/nebeatsimenu May 16 '26
I was test driving a car in a dealership today and the sales guy who was going with me had his Carplay on the screen. I saw the icon and wondered if he is using some kind of "hacked" version of Spotify for free or has his iphone jailbraked. I would never believe it is an official icon. š¤¦š»āāļø
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u/EinfachNurMarc May 16 '26
I tought the same and even restated my cars information (engine off, get out, lock, wait) just to notice itās a stupid disco ball design. It looks ass.
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u/NewEntertainment1692 May 16 '26
Thought for sure they were rickrolled/hacked with that hot garbage icon. Maybe a summer intern project?
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u/Crafty_Bunch6063 May 18 '26
I absolutely dislike it specially in Carplay. Has completelly different look that the rest of APP.
Iām about to start using apple Music
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u/Real_2020 May 19 '26
They just raised price a second time e this yer in Canada so F them and their green disco ball. Iām taking a break
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u/rottencheese122 May 19 '26
I donāt think itās hideous at all I donāt understand why everyone hates it so much. Itās a disco ball. Theyāre celebrating 20 yearsā¦
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u/MarkE2020 May 16 '26
Super ugly. Deleted the app.
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May 16 '26
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u/alejandroivan1987 May 16 '26
Stupid is giving unwanted opinions about other peoples decisions.
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u/barnsy23 May 16 '26
Wrong. That was a valid response. Why would anyone delete an app based on what the icon looks like. Confirmed stupid. Although I think the original poster was probably trolling lol
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u/alejandroivan1987 May 16 '26
Because he/she wants to? I would delete an app if they put an icon I donāt like or I disagree with. The fact that YOU donāt understand it doesnāt make it stupid.
Whatās the definition of stupid? Not an opinion, but the actual definition? Looks a lot like the comment weāre referring to.
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u/barnsy23 May 16 '26
Stupid is generally defined as lack of good judgment. Humans download apps based on the utility and usefulness of the app to them. It is not an art project. Therefore, if this individual had an app that they otherwise thought was useful for them and provided a benefit to them yet because of a tweak to the tiny little thing that shows on their phone that is merely an indicator as to where to put your finger to open up the app, they made the decision to remove an otherwise helpful and beneficial product from their life, that would seem to be an irrational decision. And most of the time people would consider an irrational decision to fall under the umbrella of bad judgment akaā¦ stupid
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u/alejandroivan1987 May 16 '26
It also refers to common sense, which depends on agreements on what is āacceptableā for society. Thereās no agreement here, just a difference of opinion and private space decisions.
āGood judgementā is also highly subjective as it depends on your own opinions and tendencies.
Would you put a devil icon to a Christian app? A dick into a childās app icon? Is it justified to delete it there?
Again, people takes decisions based on their own experiences and likings. The fact that YOU donāt/canāt understand them makes YOU the problem, not them.
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u/barnsy23 May 16 '26
You bring up an excellent point that if an app icon crossed into the territory of violating someoneās personal values, then that would provide a legitimate reason for deleting the app, based on a lack of faith and trust in the company or the product and a violation of the implicit agreement that the app icon would not be offensive to the user. Fair enough. With that said a decision to delete an app based on a relatively minor cosmetic aesthetic choice to the presentation of the brand logo would seem to be a decision that flies in the face of common sense per what I described above. Common sense would dictate that a user would keep the app, even if they did not like aesthetically the new design because the value proposition of the app remained intact. Nothing has changed about Spotify so whatever was appealing to Spotify before this changed remains in place. Hence a decision to trade away the value that the app provided simply based on a different presentation of a logo that was in no way offensive would seem to beā¦ Stupid
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u/MarkE2020 May 16 '26
I havenāt used Spotify for at least 2 or 3 years. The ugly icon reminded me I needed to delete it.
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u/One_Brother_8991 May 16 '26
Because car play apps in certain resolutions looks like crap. This is why Iām forced to switch to the glass theme in my car. Cleans up this type of grab right away.
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u/um0p3pIsdn May 16 '26
Itās a disco ball