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The title is absolute clickbait as it hints that labels would have a direct control (as in, decision power) in the playlists, which is not the case. All this "
by iLoveOncall 4y ago
The title is absolute clickbait as it hints that labels would have a direct control (as in, decision power) in the playlists, which is not the case.
All this "study" showed is that major labels have major artists, which are unsurprisingly over-represented over nobodies or smaller artists in playlists curated by a company trying to please the most people possible.
Shocking indeed.
- vba616 4y agoI don't know exactly what is wrong with Spotify, but years ago, I subscribed to Pandora, and it made all sorts of suggestions based on what I liked that revealed great music to me. But when I wanted something specific, it often didn't have it, so I switched to Spotify because it seemed to have a much larger catalog. Unfortunately, the recommendations were no good, so I just listened to the same stuff I had played on Pandora, plus specific things that I found elsewhere. Then I quit paying for it because I didn't feel like I was getting a lot of value. I have no idea whether either is any good these days, but I would firmly classify Pandora's recommendation engine as highly useful back in the day, and Spotify's as...not.