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I haven't used Pandora in a long time, but I have to say that everything you mention can be applied to my experience of Spotify's discovery/radio features as we
by nixy 10y ago
I haven't used Pandora in a long time, but I have to say that everything you mention can be applied to my experience of Spotify's discovery/radio features as well. Plus it handles playing songs on-demand.
- josteink 10y agoSame can be said for Google Play All Access. And you can fill the gaps in their catalog by uploading your own music. Tldr: I really don't see the case for pandora in 2017.
- gtaylor 10y agoI like and use Play Music, but find their recommendation engine to be less great. The channels work a bit differently, too.
- cschmittiey 10y agoOddly enough I love GP's recommendation set so much more than Pandora's. It's so much better attuned to what I like and don't and what I like to explore. It's very good at distinguishing what I like and what I don't, and I'm pretty picky about what I listen to.
- Mithaldu 10y agoThe most important thing for Google Play Music after the "upload your own stuff": It does a great job caching songs ahead while you're on Wifi, so you can minimize data usage while out and about. Plus, with the caching it also works offline perfectly well. I feel a bit sorry for all the other services, but on a technical level Google Play Music has outplayed them all entirely.
- nhangen 10y agoPandora did it first, and not just by a few years.
- codyb 10y agoI can't seem to get spotify to recommend me anything besides rap music. I use the checkboxes to indicate I like classical, the Dead, Phish, Dylan, Cash, and more but I have never once had anything besides rap music show up on my discover weekly. It's a bit frustrating. There's recommendations at the bottom of individual playlists now so I can look there but still a pain that I can't get a nice mix in my discover weekly.
- ameister14 10y agoWhat do you actually listen to? Do you listen to a lot of rap? If so, that's likely to cause your discovery issue.