Spotify just added the capability of being able to run on the background on Linux Mint at the last update, and with that it got the 100 score for me as a music streaming service. To be honest, I might be nip picking about it, but being able to close my music player, and it being able to stay open on the background while playing music, is something I expect.
I use Rhythmbox to play my music local music library, and it has continually supported playing music on the background when I closed the window, so Spotify not supporting the same behavior kind of baffle me for a while. But, now that the capability has being added to Linux Mint, it has improved my perception of it.
While not being able to do so wasn't a deal killer for me, since it is something nice to have but not vital for the user experience, being able to do so now is one of those thing that it's really nice to have.
To be honest, I was weary of media streaming services when they first came out. But, Spotify won me over when I tried it about it ten years ago. While it doesn't completely substitutes having my favorite music on my laptop, it's a great complement and my go to music and podcast platform on my smartphone. Specially since Movistar adds Spotify as one of the apps on which they give me unlimited usage with my GigaMove 6GB plan.
Spotify has become my go to music streaming and podcast platform, and now being able it can keep playing on the background, it has made it even better for me.
