Gregory's Server
Spotify doesn't want to be Spotify anymore.
Instead they want to be TikTok and Instagram.
Which is funny because Instagram doesn't want to be Instagram. Twitter doesn't want to be Twitter. And Facebook definitely doesn't want to be Facebook anymore either.
You all seeing a theme?
Whenever platform adoption plateaus, Big Social tries to pivot in a drastically different direction.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/8/23630821/spotify-design-home-music-podcasts-audiobooks-app
This is why I believe the Fediverse can ultimately out-compete Big Social: new features can be added by building new services.
You want a microblogging experience? Mastodon.
What about a photo gallery? Pixelfed.
And book reviews? Bookwyrm.
No need to pivot and leave behind your previous social graph because the network effect is due to the protocol.