It looks like the app has the flu or something. Without warning, popular music streaming service Spotify slightly updated the color scheme of its unassuming green and black logo, and the Internet.

Milan, Italy - August 10, 2017: Spotify website homepage.

I hope the new Spotify icon colour is a mistake. People Are Freaking Out Over Spotifys New Logo. MALAGA, SPAIN - MARCH 5, 2018: Mobile phone with Spotify logo in the screen and white earphones, placed on a cork panel. Spotify spent all of the money they were supposed to allocate to artists for 2015 on changing the shade of green in their logo Went running this morning, looked at Spotify’s app logo, saw it was a different green, thought I was having a stroke Read more: Band makes completely silent album, scams Spotify for $20,000 Read some interesting reactions via Twitter and let us know how you like the change. Every purchase you make puts money in an artist’s pocket. Find Spotify Logo-inspired gifts and merchandise printed on quality products one at a time in socially responsible ways. For myself, I woke up this past Saturday and thought my phone's graphics were starting to go berserk. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 559 × 168 pixels. T-shirts, stickers, wall art, home decor, and more designed and sold by independent artists. The reasoning behind the change isn't entirely known, but was it necessary? Probably not. The Swedish company is also testing a system where content publishers on other platforms with existing subscriber bases can deliver paid content using Spotify.Apparently, Spotify slightly changed the shade of green on their logo, and people aren't very happy about it (via Entrepreneur). The new subscription tool is built using Anchor's platform. Spotify has been boosting its podcast muscle by spending more than half a billion dollars in buying podcast networks Gimlet and Anchor, and podcast ad company Megaphone. National Public Radio (NPR) will publish five ad-free shows for paid subscribers from May 4, including 'How I Built This with Guy Raz' and 'Planet Money'. Spotify has selected 12 independent podcasters to publish subscriber-only bonus content in their existing podcast feeds, and the company will also expand the programme to more creators over the coming months. Spotify filed a complaint two years ago with European Union regulators saying that the fees Apple charges for taking payments through the store had made it unfairly difficult for rivals to compete for music subscribers.Īpple (AAPL.O) competes with Spotify for music streaming and earlier this month unveiled a subscription platform that will cost $19.99 per month and will provide creators the tools they need to offer podcast subscriptions. Online stores such as Apple's app store usually charge developers a fee for purchases made on their platforms.