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Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by baskire »

germinalphrase wrote: post #7
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

YouTube music has been a really mixed bag. Disappointed by the forced transition.

The forced transition was the final nail in the coffin to de-google myself.

Even Gmail, can’t trust that it won’t be deprecated in the future.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by cgb223 »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

My Google Assistant (on Sonos) will somehow always play the wrong version of the song.

Ask for War Pigs? Here’s the live version

Ask for a Come Sail Away? Here’s a terrible cover

Ask for Magic Stick? Here’s an instrumental

I swear it just picks the version of the song that pays the least royalties and plays that instead of the right one...

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by grawprog »

moron4hire wrote: post #4

What does it do? I don't have a Spotify account.

No idea I don't have Spotify or use any google assistant stuff, but i'm guessing it's supposed to make it so if you try to open google play music using a voice assistant, it'll instead play that album from Spotify. Maybe as a joke, maybe as a way to try and get a bunch of artificial listens.

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Post by MontyCarloHall »

moron4hire wrote: post #4

What does it do? I don't have a Spotify account.

It’s generic filler music. It exists so that the uploader gets paid when someone says “OK Google play music” and the voice assistant inadvertently pulls up the album.

Ingenious if it actually works.

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Post by baskire »

moron4hire wrote: post #8
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I have 5 Google Home devices (one Max, two regulars, and two minis) and I'm dreading the day Google Home shows up on killedbygoogle.com.

Google home was already killed. It’s now the google nest home mini.

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Post by grenoire »

cgb223 wrote: post #12
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

My Google Assistant (on Sonos) will somehow always play the wrong version of the song. Ask for War Pigs? Here’s the live version Ask for a Come Sail Away? Here’s a terrible cover Ask for Magic Stick? Here’s an instrumental I swear it just picks the version of the song that pays the least royalties and plays that instead of the right one...

>pays the least royalties

This is a very interesting theory, I don't know if this was revealed somehow but considering how consistently terrible the guesses are on assistant devices... I wouldn't be surprised.

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Post by Zelphyr »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I coined "Brogdon's Law" (probably not original to me by any stretch) several years ago:

The answer to any technical problem will present itself within 30 seconds (sometimes minutes) of asking "Hey, can you take a look at this?"

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by browniefed »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I had the exact annoyance and figured it out.

If you say "OK Google play my likes on youtube music" it will play `Your likes`.

If you forget the `on youtube music` part even if your default player is set to Youtube music it will play the `my likes` song.

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