• Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    I don’t know, do you people let Spotify decide that much about what you hear? I normally never let the music run through so that automatic recommendations play, but I choose explicitly what’s added next in the queue. So the problem mentioned in the article is not relevant to me at all.

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        3 days ago

        Yes, listening to whole albums is not only great with albums you already know, but it’s also my favourite way to get to know new artists. A single song is often not enough to understand the whole picture or range.

        Well, seems to be an old-fashioned approach. But I’m also not the type of person who has music blare in the background all day. So I don’t like the radio-like approach by Spotify to just let anything play what the algorithm thinks is fitting.

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          3 days ago

          I’m a little weird like that, I often listen to the whole discography if I find a single song or album I like. My music knowledge is very deep and but rather narrow

      • Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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        3 days ago

        No, I don’t think that and I did not write anything like that. I was just sharing my perspective. And was interested in learning how other people use the player.

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          3 days ago

          So that comment was purely out of curiosity and in no way implied a certain degree of incredulousness?

          • Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de
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            3 days ago

            I was asking a question, so yes, I wanted to know how other people see this and how people use the music queue.

            Of course I’m sure that there are many different ways to interact with Spotify and I don’t think that any specific type of use is superior.

            But since I don’t let the algorithms influence my music selection very much, the problem described in the article doesn’t have that big an impact on my everyday life.

            I’m not saying that I think Spotify’s approach is right. I would like a much more user-friendly music player anyway, unfortunately I find Spotify quite cumbersome and inflexible.

            Apart from that, I think that artists should get a bigger share for the use of their works.