Article 5F7JF Spotify lets passengers fight over your road trip playlist, disturbing natural order of universe

Spotify lets passengers fight over your road trip playlist, disturbing natural order of universe

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Chaim Gartenberg
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It's a fundamental rule of the road: driver picks the music.

And yet, in a brazen challenge to the immutable laws of the universe, Spotify has chosen to meddle with this golden rule by expanding its Group Session beta to cars. Starting today, up to six people in the car can all control music at the same time, starting with the Android Automotive-powered Polestar 2.

We all know that sometimes the driver doesn't have the best taste in music and my family tends to agree. The addition of Group Sessions Beta from Spotify is a great way for others in the vehicle to influence the playlist and enjoy their favorite tracks," commented Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath, a man who clearly cannot be trusted with playlist powers.

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