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That's an awful idea for a privacy feature.
You can disable sharing altogether if you want. This is specifically for a single "session." Like if you want to listen to a guilty pleasure and don't want your friends bugging you about it
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In what way is it “better”? I tried three competitors as I moved away from Spotify, and found they were all substantially better than it. I care about music selection, recommendation quality, and library stability (not deleting stuff from my collection).
I've also noticed songs disappearing from my library, & crappy recommendations in Spotify. What service did you end up going with?
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mostly the same for me, but I would love to be able to browse record labels on spotify; it does not have the concept of a record label (!) though.
It does. At least some time ago on desktop version every album had a copyright (record label) listed on the bottom. Clicking it would search you all of the stuff released under that label.
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>The problem with this service is that most times, I don't chose what I listen to. Spotify does. This is one reason I never really clicked with it, or with Pandora, and why I have really enjoyed and used Apple Music. I'm not really interested in algorithmic playlists most of the time. I want what I want. I've been listening to music a long time; I can make connections on my own. ;)
I follow artists I like as a way of adding them to my library and "like" particular songs if I want them more accessible without having to go to the artist page. This is the way I listen to what I want (along with occasionally making playlists). I actually really enjoy the ability to effortlessly discover new music I never would have found otherwise that Spotify gives. The recommendation algorithm can be weird at tim…
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Spotify objectively sucks compared to plenty of other services. Is it possible you haven't tried those other services? Having access to lots of music is certainly better than not but we've had services that do that since the early 2000s. I subscribed to Rhapsody in 2004. It gave me access to "nearly any artist's catalogue available for almost free". As 2 examples of things it did better, instead of using a shitty rec…
> Spotify objectively sucks compared to plenty of other services. Is this a new thing? "Everyone else's opinion * objectively * sucks". Just because you write "objectively", doesn't make it so.
As someone who listens to spotify all day while programming, here's my secret to success: I create a playlist to fit a mood (for example, ambient electronic music with a good beat and no words), and I seed it with at least 10 songs. Then, I go down to the "Recommended Songs" section and I just play whatever it recommends. If I don't like a song, I hit the skip button on my keyboard. The vast majority of what it recom…
> here's my secret to success: > effectively, I manually make my own playlist.
As someone who listens to spotify all day while programming, here's my secret to success: I create a playlist to fit a mood (for example, ambient electronic music with a good beat and no words), and I seed it with at least 10 songs. Then, I go down to the "Recommended Songs" section and I just play whatever it recommends. If I don't like a song, I hit the skip button on my keyboard. The vast majority of what it recom…
Do share your playlist , if its public
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What's wrong with Pandora in the web browser?
That is like asking "What is wrong with driving across town to pick up your Amazon purchases?" If you are in a highly competitive space that is effectively winner take all - you go where your customers want to be, not where your developers think they should be.
