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I don't remember exactly what happened but I initially created my Spotify account with an email, but then I became linked to my Facebook account, so my Spotify data (profile pic, name...) were pulled from my Facebook account. And for a few years I wasn't able to break this link, so I was stuck with my Facebook account, even though I wanted to get rid of it. Then one day, I was able to transform back my Spotify account to an email one, and I deleted my Facebook account.

I had several exchanges with Spotify support which where basically useless. Basically it was something like, because I used the same email address for both accounts, they automatically made the link.

Now I always use email login and I used + aliases, not only to avoid that mess but obviously better track data leak/sellers.



I'm in the exact same boat right now. I'm too lazy to fix it, so this is basically the only reason I still have my FB account.


Sounds like a win from a product perspective, higher retention! Clearly a feature, not a bug. The metrics don’t lie! /s




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