Goodbye, Slopify

Post by crtasm » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:42 AM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #86

jazzyjackson wrote: post #79

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Mmm agree to disagree, iPod classic is not a heavyweight device and the UX is what we had when I was a kid so easy AND nostalgic, but agreed the little sandisk clips solve the problem just as well. Edit: I can't imagine swapping HDD for flash saves more than a few grams, can it?

I had an iPod in 2004. I gave it away because it was too heavy to carry around. I ultimately replaced it with a Zen Stone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Zen#ZEN_Stone/Stone_P...

Post by ysavir » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:43 AM UTC

zamalek wrote: post #95

magnetowasright wrote: post #51

I don't use spotify (primarily buy CDs and use ipod classics, also records because I am a cliche) and this made me think of the articles about the guy who was one of the most listened artists on spotify (piano for study/concentration type stuff iirc?) and he got punished or something because he was publishing under several names? I couldn't quite find that or what actually happened, but I did stumble upon this Wikipe…

I use SoundCloud from time to time, my taste is really niche and it works great for that (but you need to find a relevant artist first). I recently jumped off Qobuz exclusively because of their drunk recommendation algorithm, or lack thereof (it seems I'd often end up with whatever is on the front page). I wound up on Pandora: their whole value proposition was finding music you like, and music you might like. I haven…

Post by jcstk » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:44 AM UTC

grugagag wrote: post #152

jcstk wrote: post #142

I'm reading these comments and I'm thinking "are we using the same Spotify?" I don't see any AI music, I don't get Podcasts pushed on me, the UI is fine, playlists are fine and I get new music I like suggested to me often.

You may indeed have a different experience, but you also may not notice these things as it happens slowly over time, like the proverbial boiling frog. If you're younger it's likely you haven't noticed the patterns. I've been around for a while and notice these patterns from miles away.

Post by macNchz » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:44 AM UTC

muppetman wrote: post #57

I can't understand how people use Spotify. It was great ~10 years ago? It's terrible these days. Pushing Podcasts at you (no thanks, Podcasts are terrible. If I wanted to hear idiots laughing at each other I'd listen to the Radio DJs), terrible music, the UI getting harder and less intuitive to use. It's a shame all good things have to slowly tend towards sucking, instead of getting better. Bitwarden, one of my belov…

Post by pugets » Wed, Jan 29, 2025, 2:45 AM UTC

JansjoFromIkea wrote: post #113

r3trohack3r wrote: post #93

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I built this to satisfy the new music itch: https://audile.blankenship.io/ Every time you load the page it recommends a random album from Deezer’s catalog. The algorithm is pretty silly: loop Math.random() * MAX_ID until you find an album id that actually exists and return it. The goal was to recreate that feeling you’d get going down to someone’s basement and thumbing through an old record collection. Also 1001 Albu…

Part of that feeling involves piecing together that person's tastes and whether you can be bothered digging deeper into their collection. A more accurate recreation of that feeling might be to pick a random user with a large collection (or maybe a couple of users that are mutual friends) and select from their owned albums? Discogs would potentially be a better fit but you'd be veering into serious collectors there ra…