Music streaming app Spotify is expected to get a makeover. According to an X post by “@Kurrco,” the company is in the process of providing listening stats within the app to the listeners. As a result, this will help them keep a tab on the listener’s top artists, songs, and highlights over time. Social media users reacted to the news, with one X user commenting:“RIP STATS FM.”SirXottic @SirXotticLINKRIP STATS FMSimilar to this user’s comment, others brought up stats.fm, a third-party site that allows listeners to track their listening habits. Social media users speculated that with the feature rolling out, stats.fm might not be of use to anyone. A netizen commented:“Statsforspotify and statsfm just fell down to their needs.”An X user compared the app to a social media platform, writing:“Spotify is the new social media at this point. Like can we just listen to the music?”Others seemed happy about the news as one X user shared:“I PRAYED FOR TIMES LIKE THIS.”A social media user joked:“Statsfm responds by making the app completely free(coping).”According to an online commentator, the new feature is unlikely to affect stats.fm, as they opined:“Stats fm will be fine, these features seem to be limited, Stats fm has way more.”On November 4, The Wall Street Journal published a report stating that the music-streaming app gained subscribers in its third quarter. The outlet noted that the reason behind this surge could be due to the new features introduced in the app. Some of these include enhancing playlists, messaging, and improved audio quality.Why was Spotify under fire for its “Discovery Mode?”In other news, Spotify came under fire because of its Discovery mode. According to a report by Billboard from November 5, a lawsuit was filed against the streaming platform in New York, alleging that the “Discovery Mode” in the app deluded the subscribers. The lawsuit, lodged by a person named Genevieve Capolongo, claims that the mode was a type of payola, using which artists promoted their work. According to a section of the court filing:“Spotify exploits that trust by marketing itself as a platform that offers organic music recommendations - whether through its algorithmic or curated playlists - only to secretly sell those recommendations to the highest bidder.”Capolongo’s legal representatives said that although she had been using the platform for years, the app did not do justice to her listening habits as it played some tracks repeatedly, which were not up to her preference. Responding to the lawsuit, a representative for the music streaming company said that the allegations were not true. Elaborating on the Discovery Mode, they said:“Not only do they misrepresent what Discovery Mode is and how it works, but they are riddled with misunderstandings and inaccuracies. Discovery Mode is a feature artists can use to flag priority tracks for algorithmic consideration in limited contexts: Radio, Autoplay, and certain Mixes.”The representative for Spotify said that the mode had nothing to do with buying plays and influencing playlists. They added that this information was already mentioned on the website and the app.