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I'm genuinely surprised why noboby is mentioning online community radios as a source for music. Why would an algorithm of a billion dollar company provide a bet

I'm genuinely surprised why noboby is mentioning online community radios as a source for music. Why would an algorithm of a billion dollar company provide a better selection of music than a real human being who dedicated his life collecting, playing and producing music? When listening to music I want to be surprised and discover new music. Spotify and its competitors only please you with stuff u already know or sound most similar, delivering the most boring experience one can imagine. Whereas with online community radios you even have a chance to interact with the selectors and the audience through chat or calls. Most of the time they even provide the playlist for the show. And if you so keen on buying the music, why not support dedicated record stores instead of these mulit-billion dollar companies which are killing the actual music and ripping of the artists? Heres a very small collection only scratching the surface Community radio stations: https://www.nts.live/ https://www.nts.live/ https://kioskradio.com/ https://kioskradio.com/ https://dublab.de/ https://dublab.de/ https://callshopradio.com/ https://callshopradio.com/ record stores: https://hardwax.com/ https://hardwax.com/ https://www.oye-records.com/ https://www.oye-records.com/ https://clone.nl/ https://clone.nl/ https://coldcutshotwax.uk https://coldcutshotwax.uk

suddenclarity 3y ago
Why would an algorithm be better? Because it has 15 years of my listening history and can offer music based on my personal taste. You can even get the radio experience with human public playlists with the added advantage that you can skip songs 10 seconds into them if you don't like them. Start a niche human curated playlist with death metal and Bieber. No ads and you can skip a song whenever. 10 minutes later you can change to a playlist with movie music and 90s rap. All in one app. You can even add your store purchased music. Spotify does everything a radio station does, just better. The one exception is having a living person talk between songs about his day. They do have an AI generated DJ though if you're into it and want to hear the names of the songs.
mlrtime 3y ago
You answered your own question with a bunch of links most are not going to click on. Most people don't care, they want to pay 10/mo, have a "reasonably" good UI and play music. They don't want to keep track of 6 different URLs to find music. Note: I probably listen to Somafm through Sonos just as much as Spotify and I donate.
- Hartgeld 3y ago
  > Most people don't care, they want to pay 10/mo, have a "reasonably" good UI and play music. Sifting through the comment section, it doesn't seem like Spotifys UI or their competitors is "reasonably" good, but the majority of the internet users need to have banner ads, discounts and influencer-BS shoved down their throats to feel valued as a customer. All of the aforementioned radio stations offer a modern and slick UI and UX instead of that annoying, omnipresent bubblegum-aesthetic used by those big orgs trying to lure in teenagers like tobacco firms in the 90's('get em' young!'). So instead of throwing money at a multi-billion dollar conglomerat maybe consider donating a fraction of the money to your favorite community radio station(which you allegedly do!) or buy some records from your local record store instead. Btw I am an UI/UX designer. And I use Arch.
  - rbax 3y ago
    I have been exposed to some absolutely great new artists from University affiliated radio stations like KEXP or non-profits like KRCL.

suddenclarity 3y ago

Why would an algorithm be better? Because it has 15 years of my listening history and can offer music based on my personal taste. You can even get the radio experience with human public playlists with the added advantage that you can skip songs 10 seconds into them if you don't like them. Start a niche human curated playlist with death metal and Bieber. No ads and you can skip a song whenever. 10 minutes later you can change to a playlist with movie music and 90s rap. All in one app. You can even add your store purchased music. Spotify does everything a radio station does, just better. The one exception is having a living person talk between songs about his day. They do have an AI generated DJ though if you're into it and want to hear the names of the songs.

mlrtime 3y ago

You answered your own question with a bunch of links most are not going to click on. Most people don't care, they want to pay 10/mo, have a "reasonably" good UI and play music. They don't want to keep track of 6 different URLs to find music. Note: I probably listen to Somafm through Sonos just as much as Spotify and I donate.

Hartgeld 3y ago
> Most people don't care, they want to pay 10/mo, have a "reasonably" good UI and play music. Sifting through the comment section, it doesn't seem like Spotifys UI or their competitors is "reasonably" good, but the majority of the internet users need to have banner ads, discounts and influencer-BS shoved down their throats to feel valued as a customer. All of the aforementioned radio stations offer a modern and slick UI and UX instead of that annoying, omnipresent bubblegum-aesthetic used by those big orgs trying to lure in teenagers like tobacco firms in the 90's('get em' young!'). So instead of throwing money at a multi-billion dollar conglomerat maybe consider donating a fraction of the money to your favorite community radio station(which you allegedly do!) or buy some records from your local record store instead. Btw I am an UI/UX designer. And I use Arch.
- rbax 3y ago
  I have been exposed to some absolutely great new artists from University affiliated radio stations like KEXP or non-profits like KRCL.