Right, I'm not saying Spotify isn't trying out algorithms at all, but their algorithmic stuff doesn't seem much different from Apple Music, Google Play, etc. A

Right, I'm not saying Spotify isn't trying out algorithms at all, but their algorithmic stuff doesn't seem much different from Apple Music, Google Play, etc. A lot of the "algorithmic" stuff enters into "lame" territory fast, where you see the issues like artist fixation, or "variations on a theme" where you get like 5 remixes or live cuts of the same song. The main benefit of Spotify is that I can just bypass the algorithms, and go straight to people. And that's really where the "long tail" effect seems to thrive.