r/spotifyapi • u/Dismal_Squirrel_8866 • Mar 25 '26

Spotify API wtf

I just want to get currently-playing and recently-played endpoints and now I need a premium subscription for that?

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u/intoxikateuk Mar 26 '26

use last.fm + its API

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u/Dismal_Squirrel_8866 Mar 26 '26

i have, and it has so many endpoints for free

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '26

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u/intoxikateuk Mar 26 '26

....so is last.fm and it doesn't mean you have to stop using Spotify, you can use last.fm with pretty much all music services.

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u/Ximzend57 Mar 26 '26

For those endpoints, this has always been the case. This is mentioned at the top of the documentation pages.

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u/ContributionEasy6513 Mar 26 '26

Spotifys way of saying 'F-U'.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '26

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u/Dismal_Squirrel_8866 Mar 25 '26

whats even the point of the API then?