Spotify Reverts App Icon After Temporary Disco Ball Design

Spotify has restored its original 2D app icon for the iPhone, reverting from a controversial disco-ball-ified version that was used for about a month to mark its 20th anniversary and drew user criticism.

12 Jun, 00:21 — 12 Jun, 07:06

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Spotify, a leading music streaming service, temporarily changed its app icon to a disco ball to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The move generated discussion among users, with the company ultimately deciding to revert to its original logo after about a month.

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Spotify Reverts iPhone App Icon to Original Version, Dropping Controversial Disco-Ball Logo

Our long international nightmare is over: Spotify has quietly restored the original 2D app icon for the iPhone after about a month-long takeover by a disco-ball-ified version of the logo, which many users had expressed a strong dislike for. On Thursday (June 11), an update to the Spotify iOS app switched the icon back to […]

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