41–50 of 135 posts
Wrapped works so well because it panders to you. Everyone likes to be acknowledged for listening to the weird indie band they discovered earlier this year. I enjoy it anyways, and Spotify is still a great service for now - I wonder if it'll meet the same fate as Netflix at some point, with publishing houses going for their own streaming services instead.
[deleted]
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?
This is what relentless back-and-forth made someone realise how much Spotify loves him. https://twitter.com/steipete/status/1025024813889478656
I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone that Spotify collects telemetry data on its users.
The main reason myself (and many others) use Spotify is because they use this data to recommend new music that I will like.
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 your music taste is essentially a unique fingerprint that could be used to track you in the future even across accounts or platforms, and the only way to escape would be to literally give up on all your favorite songs and listen to something totally unrelated.
Why should I be worried about a company knowing what music I listen to?
Wrapped works so well because it panders to you. Everyone likes to be acknowledged for listening to the weird indie band they discovered earlier this year. I enjoy it anyways, and Spotify is still a great service for now - I wonder if it'll meet the same fate as Netflix at some point, with publishing houses going for their own streaming services instead.
I wonder if it'll meet the same fate as Netflix at some point, with publishing houses going for their own streaming services instead. I don't think so because the way that people consume music and the way they consume films and television are very different. With a film you might block out a few hours to watch that specific provider. With music you're more likely to want to interleave content from several providers a…
And then I worry skipping it is going to train the algorithm that I don't like Pink Floyd.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wonder if it'll meet the same fate as Netflix at some point, with publishing houses going for their own streaming services instead. I don't think so because the way that people consume music and the way they consume films and television are very different. With a film you might block out a few hours to watch that specific provider. With music you're more likely to want to interleave content from several providers a…
Speaking of interleaving, I wish Spotify understood how to interact with Concept Albums. Changing to the middle of The Wall for one song is jarring and I usually skip it. And then I worry skipping it is going to train the algorithm that I don't like Pink Floyd.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speaking of interleaving, I wish Spotify understood how to interact with Concept Albums. Changing to the middle of The Wall for one song is jarring and I usually skip it. And then I worry skipping it is going to train the algorithm that I don't like Pink Floyd.
What does this mean? I don't use spotify. Are you saying when you go to listen to an album it will put a random song into the queue?
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…
Seems strange that "Wrapped 2020" was the straw for you. Ever since launch, the top reasons for starting to use Spotify has been availability (across devices) and the provided radio/discover playlists that automatically finds music based on your previous history, this has always been a core proposition of Spotify, and not something that happened now. Then it's not always good, right or even close sometimes, but it's…
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems strange that "Wrapped 2020" was the straw for you. Ever since launch, the top reasons for starting to use Spotify has been availability (across devices) and the provided radio/discover playlists that automatically finds music based on your previous history, this has always been a core proposition of Spotify, and not something that happened now. Then it's not always good, right or even close sometimes, but it's…
Discover Weekly (the first algorithmic playlist) launched in 2015, Spotify itself launched in 2008. It did have radio from the start, but that was (at least sold as) a fairly generic genre-and-decade-based affair, rather than something personalized.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Speaking of interleaving, I wish Spotify understood how to interact with Concept Albums. Changing to the middle of The Wall for one song is jarring and I usually skip it. And then I worry skipping it is going to train the algorithm that I don't like Pink Floyd.
What does this mean? I don't use spotify. Are you saying when you go to listen to an album it will put a random song into the queue?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Seems strange that "Wrapped 2020" was the straw for you. Ever since launch, the top reasons for starting to use Spotify has been availability (across devices) and the provided radio/discover playlists that automatically finds music based on your previous history, this has always been a core proposition of Spotify, and not something that happened now. Then it's not always good, right or even close sometimes, but it's…
Discover Weekly (the first algorithmic playlist) launched in 2015, Spotify itself launched in 2008. It did have radio from the start, but that was (at least sold as) a fairly generic genre-and-decade-based affair, rather than something personalized.
Although it is strange to leave Spotify in 2020 citing concerns about Spotify using your data, as it has been going on from at least 2015, possibly earlier.