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Same for me, I could never understand the hype around their suggestions. Even random playlists like „coffee house music“ (which I exclusively turn on when frien
by 9dev 2y ago
Same for me, I could never understand the hype around their suggestions. Even random playlists like „coffee house music“ (which I exclusively turn on when friends are over) seem to be personalised to me - so much so that they pretty much immediately veer off into heavy rock or other stuff that I may have come across, but that definitely isn’t good as a chill backdrop.
And even the much-praised weekly playlist is hit or miss - sometimes it’s weeks with abhorring stuff, then for once I get a good one with two to three songs I actually like.
- bobsmooth 2y agoSpotify has introduced me to many new genres but the algo has gotten worse over time.
- trallnag 2y agoDon't get me started on the weekly playlist. Spotify refuses to accept the fact that I don't speak Ukrainian. Yet a big chunk of the Playlist consists out of Ukrainian music. Probably Spotify is not able to differentiate between Ukrainian and Russian, which I listen to a lot
- toyg 2y agoConsidering sanctions, Ukrainians are probably the largest Spotify consumers of Russian content right now, and obviously will listen to Ukrainian content too. So their engine probably goes "oh you like Russian stuff, so chances are you're Ukrainian, here's some Ukrainian stuff for you".
- trallnag 2y agoGood point, that's probably it
- 7bit 2y agoI found so many great new Songs (ProgMetal and similar) through Spotify, but the quality of recommended Songs really deckined gor me in the past two years.
- squarefoot 2y agoIf you like Prog Rock and Metal, you may like those two online radios. I've discovered some interesting bands thanks to them: https://www.progulus.com https://www.progulus.com https://radioarg.com/tmb/ https://radioarg.com/tmb/
- carstenhag 2y agoWell, it does have some nice features. It autocreates playlists of my girlfriends and my music. And playlists of different genres I listen to. And playlists by release year of genres that I like. And playlists of songs I used to listen to some years ago. Totally separate from the "song radio" playlists what you probably mean
- 9dev 2y agoNo, I mean the regular old playlists, like, road trip indie, the shower playlist, late night jazz, what have you. The stuff with cover images and descriptions that looks totally curated. Those are at least enriched with music you listen to, if not downright generated individually. And it’s awful. Like I’m stuck in an echo chamber. I want to find new music!
- a_dabbler 2y agoI find YouTube Musics Discover Mix good for music discovery, I guess with the downside that you need to actively use YT Music a bit to feed the algorithm. Spotify has a tendency to suggest stuff that is overwhelmingly popular but YT Music isn't afraid to throw in something a lot more obscure that the overlaps with the artists or genres you listen to.