If you don’t want further assault on your computer’s storage device, you should update as soon as possible or hold off on using the app until then. To download this app, your PC or tablet must be running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update or greater. You can also learn more about today’s exciting news over on the Spotify Blog. After Ars contacted Spotify, the company eventually responded saying an update has been released (1.0.42) that supposedly takes care of the problem, however, it wasn’t available for testing at the time of writing. Get started with the Spotify app for Windows 10 by downloading it today from the Windows Store. The issue has been reported on reddit, Hacker News, and other online forums. This can significantly reduce the life of your storage devices and also increase power consumption. It doesn’t actually store anything but the constant writing can wear down your storage device, especially if it is an SSD, which tend to have limited write cycles. The Spotify app for Windows, macOS, and Linux has been found to write hundreds of gigabytes of data to your computer, whether the app is being used or idle.
According to a report by Ars Technica, Spotify has reportedly been writing huge amount of junk data to your computer’s storage for almost five months now. Spotify allows you to just download Spotify podcasts for offline listening but cant convert Spotify podcast as MP3 format on your PC or Mac.
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