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One Hit Wonder
Feb 6, 2022 1:32 AM UTC

Is there some way to play music without selecting my favourite artists?

Y’see the awkward thing is, I kind of wanted to just listen to some music, not feed some stupid algorithm. This is a very offputting welcome experience, with no obvious way to skip it (on web, desktop app, or mobile).

 

 

I’ll be trying out the competition instead, in the hopes that they’ll allow me to try something as revolutionary as “sign up for an account and play a song”.

    43 replies

    Guitar Hero
    Aug 17, 2025 6:19 PM UTC

    It is even „better“ - I just want to resign my account, because I will not feed these trolls.

    Without selecting what ever, it is not possible to enter the account settings for resign.

    Alfredo.Deezer
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    Aug 18, 2025 3:07 PM UTC

    It is even „better“ - I just want to resign my account, because I will not feed these trolls.

    Without selecting what ever, it is not possible to enter the account settings for resign.

    Hey ​@hpk 

    What’s the reason you don’t fancy this artist selection? 👀

    It helps the app to know your music taste better 😎

    Guitar Hero
    Aug 18, 2025 4:02 PM UTC

    My intention is not to have an app, which made some proposals for me - I just want to listen what I have currently in my mind to listen to. 
    It is like commercials- that interruptions in films - I do not like that and I pay for that to get rid of that.

    I pay for Deezer - so I will not have that and would just switch that off if I would have a chance - it will just disturbs my - and I have no time for that.

     

    Currently and additionally that “app behavior” protects to resign my contract (see my last comment before this one)  - so that is not a way I would play with my customers. I would try my best to please them.
     

    Here at Deezer all smells I am trapped and fooled. 

    Roadie
    Sep 27, 2025 1:21 PM UTC

    This desperately needs a skip button. Get your algo to learn from what people play, not by forcing them to choose. What if they don’t want to think about it right then, or aren’t in a music listening mood right then? Maybe they’re in a hurry. The UX is too single-minded here.

    Roadie
    Oct 1, 2025 10:08 PM UTC

    I just signed up and I couldn’t even log out without doing this. couldn’t access any account page or anything. if I didn’t know how to use devtools to delete all of it I wouldn’t have been able to cancel my trial. completely unacceptable

    Roadie
    Oct 1, 2025 10:09 PM UTC

    was ready to switch from spotify too but not after these hostile anti-cancellation tactics

    Roadie
    Oct 27, 2025 9:46 AM UTC

    I’m struggling to get past this page without choosing, and now it’s playing “music” that I can’t stop!

    Roadie
    Dec 26, 2025 2:38 PM UTC

    For anyone with a bit of html/css knowledge and running Deezer in browser, set the class .chakra-modal__content-container and .chakra-modal__overlay to display:none

    Or remove the elements entirely.

    This won't help regular people and won't help with the mobile app, so I guess after the free month, I'm gone, too.

    Roadie
    Mar 23, 2026 9:12 PM UTC

    Dear ​@Jaime.Deezer, ​@Leonídia.Deezer, ​@Alfredo.Deezer,

    I am sure that as community managers you spend a lot of time trying to convince users of the value of selecting favorite artists.

    I am also sure the fact that users keep pushing back on this makes you wonder if that time could not be spent in a better way.

    I am here to tell you that indeed there is a better way… ADD A 'SKIP THIS' BUTTON.

    Wait no longer, do it now, feel good.

    You're welcome

     

     

    Guitar Hero
    Apr 9, 2026 2:04 PM UTC

    For me this is stuck in a loop , I’ve chosen 15, then it asks for 15 more, then 30.  For whoever is reading this via google search, don’t sign up for Deezer, the service is horrible.  Also as you can see from this thread their community managers are useless.  They have said they are passing the feedback along for 2 years and nothing has happened.  If anything it has gotten worse.