Tangential: I wish one-off applications like this also offered a one-click de-authorization step at the end to remove access to my account. It’s a pain to go figure out how to do it for certain accounts, especially if you’re mobile and there’s a decent chance you’ll just forget to do it later. I do not like leaving access tokens around in other people’s databases unless I have to. I understand this would require the service to provide such functionality to the application developer, which I’m sure isn’t always available..
How bad is your Spotify?
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#282Earlier quoted context omitted.
This seems like a lot of work. I wonder why people tolerate this, it seems to me to be a significantly worse UX over the radio.
A music experience where you listen to music industry's preferences instead? That's a step down, even from not curating your spotify preferences at all.
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#283Earlier quoted context omitted.
Woah, thanks! My 2020 list was topped by some tracks off kids albums which...are for my toddler!
Yeah, same here. Spotify should offer a 'kids' account with every premium subscription, the way video streaming services do.
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#284Earlier quoted context omitted.
Another tip: Spotify seems to ignore anything you listen to during a "Private Session". I listen to a lot of ambient and instrumental music while I work, but I don't want recommendations based on this, so I always start a private session.
Woah, thanks! My 2020 list was topped by some tracks off kids albums which...are for my toddler!
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#285Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same here. Wonderful playlists. Constant exposure to new music. This discussion seemed to get people in the mood for the airing of grievances, so here we are. Just a couple of months ago Spotify temporarily blocked playlist exporting and there was an uproar. And it turned out that a lot of the uproar was about those Spotify automagically created playlists. Read some sentiments, coupled with some Apple Music comparati…
If I remember correctly, they blocked API access for one user because that user was violating the API usage terms, namely exporting Spotify's content (their playlists) to competing services. I actually though that was pretty reasonable of them.
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#286It looks like the API is overloaded. With regards to taste, you usually need to find a suitable gateway into an unpopular genre to begin appreciating it. I always hated jazz until I turned 30, when I heard the melodic jazz of Avishai Cohen [1] and Phronesis [2], which led me to Eric Dolphy [3] and ultimately to free jazz outfits like Alexander von Schlippenbach and Peter Brotzmann. Having grown bored of everything el…
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8eL95fIQbk
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNI-2i6t7Zs
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#287uh ... Spotify?
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#288> Your spotify was horny-soundtrack-movie-soundtrack bad. I suppose because soundtracks and 90s dance remixes are what I listen to while programming. For soundtracks, I made a playlist that goes for 28hrs 30 mins full of: * Hans Zimmer * James Horner * John Williams * Alan Silvestri * David Newman * Danny Elfman * Christopher Tin * John Powell * Michael Giacchino * Ramin Djawadi * etc