How bad is your Spotify?

#1

Post by feross » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:22 PM UTC

How bad is your Spotify?
pudding.cool

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#2

Post by MikeWazowski » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:31 PM UTC

> Spotify limiting how many people can use this app at once, so you'll need to wait or try again later.

Patiently anticipating how bad my taste is

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#3

Post by dbrgn » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:32 PM UTC

I'm a bit wary of logging in. Does Spotify provide OAuth with fine-grained control, i.e. will the page only get access to the music history or could it in theory change playlists and billing information?

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#4

Post by as-j » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

lol that’s really cute.

Spotify permissions it asks for make sense.

It was really confused by all the kid music I play. Why so much Raffi? Their training set must not include people with children. :)

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#5

Post by as-j » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

dbrgn wrote: post #3

I'm a bit wary of logging in. Does Spotify provide OAuth with fine-grained control, i.e. will the page only get access to the music history or could it in theory change playlists and billing information?

Yes. When you click auth you can see the permissive it asks for. Which is profile and history.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#6

Post by checker » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

This looks really cool, but I wish it displayed some sort of lip service guarantee about not preserving my data. As-is I'm unable to determine whether this is a fun project or a kind of trojan horse to grab as much Spotify data as possible. (and obviously at the end of the day it comes down to trust)

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#7

Post by etherio » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

This is hilarious...

> You are 26% basic. You're trying to be cool with Kapitan Korsakov, but your favorites are the same as everybody else's..

> Your spotify was please-read-my-manuscript-walmart-hawaiian-shirt-sitting-alone-in-the-cafeteria bad.

Ouch.

Really interesting project by all means. I hope they release the source - I'm curious about how it was built.

Edit: This same link was posted 11 hours ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25513886 here and is not at all getting the same popularity. Anyone got ideas?

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#8

Post by Zealotux » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:37 PM UTC

Haven't used Spotify in over a year now so it'll judge an older me, but it apparently has my favorite Melon as a reference of good taste so it can't be all that bad.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#9

Post by xav_authentique » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:38 PM UTC

dbrgn wrote: post #3

I'm a bit wary of logging in. Does Spotify provide OAuth with fine-grained control, i.e. will the page only get access to the music history or could it in theory change playlists and billing information?

It looks like they request these permissions: user-top-read, playlist-read-private, playlist-read-collaborative and they also gets your your name, username and profile picture.

Re: How bad is your Spotify?

#10

Post by mahmoudhossam » Wed, Dec 23, 2020, 2:38 PM UTC

I wouldn't call it AI, but I had a good laugh so thanks for that.

I revoked access to the Spotify API shortly after use, and it didn't seem to do any harm to my account.