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# Spotify Introduces Private Listening Following Forced Facebook Integration
- URL: https://www.skatter.com/spotify-introduces-private-listening-following-forced-facebook-integration/
- Published: 2011-09-30T04:46:11.000Z
- Updated: 2020-05-09T23:20:47.000Z
- Description: When Spotify first made a debut in the United States, creating an account was easy as filling out a form. Though the service has included Facebook integration since launch, a Facebook account was never necessary to register for the service. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worst earlier thi
- Author: Sahas Katta
- Tags: News, spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-03-10 07:31

When Spotify first made a debut in the United States, creating an account was easy as filling out a form. Though the service has included Facebook integration since launch, a Facebook account was never necessary to register for the service. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worst earlier this week. While initial ties with Facebook were simply to populate a list of friends and share playlists, songs began appearing in the real-time news feed after the [Facebook Timeline press event last week](https://www.skatter.com/introducing-the-facebook-timeline-the-story-of-your-life/).

Prior to this week, users could simply disconnect Spotify from Facebook if they choose not to share the tracks they are playing with friends. When Spotify began requiring a Facebook account for registration, customers became enraged. This would mean having to let everyone know the tracks you play in real-time — even the really embarrassing ones. Those looking to sign up for Spotify would now have to either create a Facebook account if they did not already have one or make a spare Facebook account if they did not want the social features.

> We’re rolling out a new client as we speak where you can temporarily hide your guilty pleasures. It works like a browsers private mode — Daniel Ek, Spotify CEO and Founder

Spotify fortunately took notice of complains and introduced a “Private Listening” mode in the latest update. Users can now enable the feature from the file menu to prevent sharing any tracks from appearing in the Facebook Timeline.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/47/6b/476bc173-490d-4d77-8ad6-7dd5332b1ea7/content/images/files/2011/07/spotify-music-service-founders.jpg "Spotify Founders")

While I fortunately was not required to register for Spotify with a Facebook account, I can understand the frustration. I would rather prefer to see the option to link a Spotify account to social networks rather than having it remain a requirement.

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