I’d say you’re getting downvotes because it’s not a design standard to block rating access based on confirming someone’s consumed content.
Comment on Spotify doesn't allow podcast ratings unless you use the mobile app
Greg@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Pointless gatekeeping by the devs
More likely it’s to ensure that you’ve actually listened to the podcast you’re rating
intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 months ago
skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
It’s easy for the service to know if the user account has listened to the podcast, and equally easy to track listens in a webapp. The line between webapp and app is very thin these days anyway.
Greg@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
While the user experience may be similar (and in many cases is identical) access to device information is different. For instance, a webapp can not determine the devices volume whereas an Android app can. Device APIs can provide much more confidence that an activity has occurred. I doubt this was an arbitrary decision or gate-keeping by the developers.