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Do they really need to rely in manual reporting? I'm pretty sure Shazam has no trouble at all collecting these statistics, and I'd be really surprised if they d
by lultimouomo 9y ago
Do they really need to rely in manual reporting? I'm pretty sure Shazam has no trouble at all collecting these statistics, and I'd be really surprised if they didn't monetize them.
- notyourwork 9y agoWonder if Shazam asks for location? If yes I don’t see why they need it as a user. If no then this metric might be difficult.
- cmelbye 9y ago"What was the name of that song I shazamed while visiting Amsterdam? Ah, here it is." Location is massively important in searching for a memory. I will forget the dates I was in Europe, but I will not forget that I was there.
- notyourwork 9y agoIs that a use case Shazam supports? I would think if the song was good you would add it to your library.
- dvanduzer 9y agoTo answer your original question: I checked the latest version of Shazam, and it does not request location services at all. (And I can't find a setting that might enable it later, either.) I believe cmelbye was simply responding to your "if yes" with a justification for why it's useful. Even if I added the song to my library, what if I don't remember the name or the artist? Will I find it easily amongst the 5000 other songs I've got in there? And maybe I didn't like the song, but I'm reminded of it for some reason and it's really bugging me that I can't remember enough details to find it again. I guess I could listen to every single from every unfamiliar artist I see in my Shazaam history... Indexing our life events by location and time, paired with a smoother search interface, would dramatically improve the memory augmentation aspects of our personal devices. There are, of course, tremendous privacy risks in accumulating this data (which is why the design tradeoffs / permission system around location services exists in the first place).
- runeks 9y agoNo need to wonder. On my iPhone, Shazam has access to location while in use. It’s my impression that most people auto-click “yes” when prompted for this.
- hobarrera 9y agoYet, do many people use the standalone Shazam app, rather than the Siri integration?
- hk__2 9y agoShazam would need your location to accurately report these.
- tzahola 9y agoOr they can install ultrasound beacons in the stores. They already have access to the microphone for obvious reasons.
- amigoingtodie 9y agoNot even ultrasound, just correlate what everybody hears at the same time?
- lultimouomo 9y agoThey might just need one data point, if the playlist curator tells them the exact moment at which the song started.
- runeks 9y agoMy Shazam app (iPhone) has access to location while in use. I assume most people just click “yes” when asked about this.
- lostlogin 9y agoMine is on never and the other option is “while using the app”. I have no recollection of choosing the setting either.
- fcmk 9y agoThey know which song is played and how many seconds you are into the song at what time. The only info they need is the playlist of the store to find out your location.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoIn the UK a lot of chain stores have a "radio" station meaning that they all play the same song at the same time.