Spotify is having problems and Twitter is not happy about it
At a time of fierce competition between music streaming services slip ups can prove costly and so Spotify will be concerned of widespread error reports to its service this morning (3 February).
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Spotify users have taken to social media to complain that the service is not working. The most common complaint is songs randomly skipping every five seconds or so.
MY SPOTIFY IS SKIPPING THROUGH MY MUSIC AND WONT STOP HELP ME. IT WONT STOP IT'S NOT WORKING AHHHHH
— •Christalyn• (@Hayes_Crazed1) February 3, 2016
What's going on with @Spotify? Tracks skipping, some not even playing just moving on. Anyone else got this? — Ged (@MisterGed) February 3, 2016
Spotify is down........................ pic.twitter.com/CYW4jvxKcw
— Peter French (@RPeterIII) February 3, 2016
While the majority of the users reporting the problems appear to be in Europe, the issue is occurring across the globe. Spotify said it was aware of the problem and was working to resolve it.
We’re investigating some issues and finding out more. Thanks for your reports - we’ll keep you updated here. — Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) February 3, 2016
The Drum has contacted Spotify for more information and is awaiting a response.