Spotify cares so little about Windows 11 the controversial disco ball icon came and went without ever touching a PC
Spotify celebrated its 20th anniversary with a special “Spotify 20: Your Party of the Year(s)” experience that allowed users to view personalized statistics including their first day on the platform, total songs listened to, their first streamed song, and most-streamed artist. However, the experience was exclusively available on mobile devices, completely excluding Windows 11 and other desktop users from the festivities.
As part of the anniversary celebration, Spotify introduced a controversial disco ball logo that quickly drew criticism from users across the web. The company has since removed the logo, but notably, Windows users never saw it at all—they were shut out from both the criticized branding element and the actual anniversary experience.
This disparity between mobile and desktop platforms highlights what appears to be Spotify’s reduced commitment to the Windows platform. The exclusion suggests that Spotify views mobile as the primary platform for driving user engagement and testing new features, while deprioritizing the desktop experience. The fact that the unpopular disco ball icon never even reached Windows users underscores how sidelined the Windows platform has become in Spotify’s product strategy.