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Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

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Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

#11

Post by 88 »

fooblat wrote: post #8

When this report came out it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me in terms of my data privacy. Most people seem to have found Wrapped 2020 entertaining but I found it creepy. I miss being able to do something simple like listen to music or watch a movie without all my actions being recorded and saved. So I'm back to buying physical media and DRM free downloads. I'm convinced that it is now important to ho…

What’s your concern, that your listening history will be linked to your personal identity and somehow used against you?

If that’s the case, why not just sign up using a single-use email address, pay via gift cards purchased with cash, and if you’re really concerned, use a VPN?

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

#12

Post by throwaway3699 »

staticelf wrote: post #10

Spotify is a company that feels like they want to be a "big tech company" when in reality they do not need to. All they need to do is provide a great service with as much music as possible.

They clearly value the free+recommendations+ads stack to drive their business more than adding basic features.

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

#13

Post by horseRad »

staticelf wrote: post #10

Spotify is a company that feels like they want to be a "big tech company" when in reality they do not need to. All they need to do is provide a great service with as much music as possible.

I for one love discover weekly and hope they will continue working on improving it. I consider it a core feature :)

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

#14

Post by avh02 »

88 wrote: post #11
fooblat wrote: post #8

When this report came out it was the straw that broke the camel's back for me in terms of my data privacy. Most people seem to have found Wrapped 2020 entertaining but I found it creepy. I miss being able to do something simple like listen to music or watch a movie without all my actions being recorded and saved. So I'm back to buying physical media and DRM free downloads. I'm convinced that it is now important to ho…

What’s your concern, that your listening history will be linked to your personal identity and somehow used against you? If that’s the case, why not just sign up using a single-use email address, pay via gift cards purchased with cash, and if you’re really concerned, use a VPN?

Because going through all that just to listen to music is bonkers

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

#15

Post by soheilpro »

Sorry if it's off-topic, but if anyone's interested, I'm launching volt.fm next week.

It connects to your Spotify account and generates a nice public page with your stats (top artists, top tracks), playlists and etc.

You can reserve your username now: https://volt.fm

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

#16

Post by marliechiller »

avh02 wrote: post #14
88 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What’s your concern, that your listening history will be linked to your personal identity and somehow used against you? If that’s the case, why not just sign up using a single-use email address, pay via gift cards purchased with cash, and if you’re really concerned, use a VPN?

Because going through all that just to listen to music is bonkers

but also far less effort and money than buying physical copies of music

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

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Post by staticelf »

horseRad wrote: post #13
staticelf wrote: post #10

Spotify is a company that feels like they want to be a "big tech company" when in reality they do not need to. All they need to do is provide a great service with as much music as possible.

I for one love discover weekly and hope they will continue working on improving it. I consider it a core feature :)

Sure, that is a great feature but that doesn't really need that much data besides listen data that they need to save anyway (I am assuming).

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

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Post by polskibus »

I wonder if they could publish dollar cost of that job before and after the optimization, as provided by GCP billing. I know it could be a bit unfair (some costs may be static, regardless of job size, etc.) but it would improve decision making for others if discussions of public cloud usage optimizations also include the cost.

Re: Spotify Optimized the Largest Dataflow Job Ever for Wrapped 2020

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Post by pohy »

soheilpro wrote: post #15

Sorry if it's off-topic, but if anyone's interested, I'm launching volt.fm next week. It connects to your Spotify account and generates a nice public page with your stats (top artists, top tracks), playlists and etc. You can reserve your username now: https://volt.fm

Hi, how is this different/better than last.fm?
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