diff --git a/home-manager/fred.nix b/home-manager/fred.nix
index 6f46703..fa385d2 100644
--- a/home-manager/fred.nix
+++ b/home-manager/fred.nix
@@ -92,13 +92,11 @@ in
     });
     settings = {
       enable_audio_visualization = true;
-      # Our own Spotify app rather than the built-in default (ncspot's client
-      # ID, shared by every spotify-player/ncspot install). Spotify rate-limits
-      # per client ID, and exhausting the shared one surfaced here as
-      # "Token is not valid" and an endlessly loading library. Public PKCE
-      # client, no secret involved, so it's fine in the repo.
-      # Redirect URI registered: http://127.0.0.1:8989/login
-      client_id = "265506bc7bbd4032bf0fee708b321d3e";
+      # No `client_id` on purpose: the bundled default (ncspot's) has extended
+      # quota mode and predates the 2024-11-27 Web API changes. Our own app is
+      # newer, so it sits in the restricted quota and 404s on search, browse
+      # categories and Made-For-You — upstream issues #617 / #890. Sharing the
+      # default ID does not cost us rate limit here; upstream recommends it.
     };
     # The home-manager module only writes keymap.toml when `keymaps` is
     # non-empty, so `actions` alone would silently emit nothing. Restating a