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For those who didn't RTFA, this applies only to Spotify Radio, and to the "keep playing stuff like this after my playlist ends" auto-generated song selections..

by sbarre 6y ago

For those who didn't RTFA, this applies only to Spotify Radio, and to the "keep playing stuff like this after my playlist ends" auto-generated song selections.. I still think it's shady/shitty, but the scope does seem to be limited for now. It does not say this will affect Discovery Weekly or Release Radar, although it's a slippery slope to those for sure.

airstrike 6y ago
> but the scope does seem to be limited for now. Basically all I do on Spotify is to browse through song / artists radios to discover new music. TFA isn't really news to you if that matches your usage pattern. It's immediately obvious how Spotify will REPEATEDLY suggest the same song. But I am glad to have my impression validated And no, this isn't because "humans are bad at randomness and you don't actually want a random playlist of related artists"
- sbarre 6y ago
  Agreed that this is bad move regardless of scope, but I've read that _most_ users, when asked about the value provided by Spotify that they can't get elsewhere, point to their weekly algorithmic playlists. I'm also a big fan of "<Artist> Radio" or of just making a playlist with 3-4 songs in it and then letting Spotify take over afterwards... If I start seeing the same junk pushed into those playlists over and over, I will definitely reconsider my membership.