Spotify wrapped started this trend seems other apps are following through. Seeing a summary of things you did with there app. Kind of gives you a hint how much other things are being tracked.

  • Norah (pup/it/she)
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    Music players have been keeping play counts since before the invention of the iPod. It’s a datapoint that users have come to expect. I actually wish services like Spotify or Apple Music did a better job of displaying this data throughout the year rather than just in end of year infographics.

    Like I dunno, Google is literally collating your location data, I hardly think music plays is top secret info.

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      I actually wish services like Spotify or Apple Music did a better job of displaying this data throughout the year rather than just in end of year infographics.

      Preach

      Spotify > Search > Made For You > “On Repeat” / “Repeat Rewind” = not sufficient

      Chad Google Play Music > sort by plays = perfect

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      the difference is that mp3 players didn’t upload all that information to an American datacenter. Also tracking times of day, building profiles on listeners, etc.