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Last.fm was ruined by, I think, CBS. Their recommendations were miles ahead of anything Spotify, Apple or Google have ever managed. So last.fm killed off the r
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
Last.fm was ruined by, I think, CBS.
Their recommendations were miles ahead of anything Spotify, Apple or Google have ever managed. So last.fm killed off the radio, the streaming, then started playing random Youtube vids for each track - very often a poor rendition, or a cover etc.
I gave up years ago, but still miss that recommendation engine that drove the radio stations - I discovered so many brilliant new-to-me artists through that. Scrobbling listens into a different platform or recommendation engine is the least useful part of what they did.
I'm actually surprised the site's still there!
- logosmonkey 7y agoYeah, I think after it sold to.. Jay Z or someone? It started going off the rails. Prior to that I loved that service though.
- reciprocity 7y agoI registered my account at last.fm in 2006 but stopped in 2015-2016 when they took away many of the most attractive and cool features of the site with the redesign despite an incredible amount of feedback on the forums (that were also taken away in favor of a survey...). I still can't believe what they've done. Last.fm has been neglected to a degree that surprises me to this day. I spent so much time posting in the discussion groups (also removed!), reading interesting journals about music that others had written (another feature removed). I've since switched to Libre.fm. But it won't ever be the same. I think it's hugely disappointing to see what was such a transformative service tossed to the wayside at the hands of CBS.