[djb_hackernews]

I'm a paying customer but can anyone tell me why shuffle play is the default? If i'm listening to an album I typically want to listen to it from start to finish and the extra clicks to do that are annoying. But there must be a reason it is designed like that?

[spicyj]

Do you mean the big green button? You can usually click the first track to start playing in order.

[test1235]

That's funny - I was thinking today that I really like this feature, but I do think it's an odd default.

I have massive playlists of all random songs, so I like that I can hit the button when I'm on the move to play a random selection of my preselected music.

[gervase]

> why shuffle play is the default

I expect it's because A/B testing showed that most users preferred that behavior. This makes sense from their radio/playlist-centric model, which seems to de-emphasize single album listening.