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Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by moron4hire »

grawprog wrote: post #13
moron4hire wrote: post #4

What does it do? I don't have a Spotify account.

No idea I don't have Spotify or use any google assistant stuff, but i'm guessing it's supposed to make it so if you try to open google play music using a voice assistant, it'll instead play that album from Spotify. Maybe as a joke, maybe as a way to try and get a bunch of artificial listens.

Yeah, that's what other people are saying.

Damn, that's kinda lame. I was hoping it was tracks of phrases starting "OK Google" to make your Google Home flip out and do weird shit.

Wasted opportunity.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by cbhl »

moron4hire wrote: post #8
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I have 5 Google Home devices (one Max, two regulars, and two minis) and I'm dreading the day Google Home shows up on killedbygoogle.com.

Apparently the new brand for speakers and displays with Google Assistant is now "Nest" -- as far as I can tell the Nest Mini and Nest Hub are the same hardware (?) as the Google Home Mini and the Google Home Hub. (And the "Nest Audio" is the new version of what was the original "Google Home".)

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by will_pseudonym »

Zelphyr wrote: post #19
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I coined "Brogdon's Law" (probably not original to me by any stretch) several years ago: The answer to any technical problem will present itself within 30 seconds (sometimes minutes) of asking "Hey, can you take a look at this?"

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law

Cunningham's Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

The concept is named after Ward Cunningham, father of the wiki. According to Steven McGeady, the law's author, Wikipedia may be the most well-known demonstration of this law.

Cunningham's Law can be considered the Internet equivalent of the French saying "prêcher le faux pour savoir le vrai" (preach the falsehood to know the truth). Sherlock Holmes has been known to use the principle at times (for example, in The Sign of the Four.)

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by Ansil849 »

cgb223 wrote: post #12
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

My Google Assistant (on Sonos) will somehow always play the wrong version of the song. Ask for War Pigs? Here’s the live version Ask for a Come Sail Away? Here’s a terrible cover Ask for Magic Stick? Here’s an instrumental I swear it just picks the version of the song that pays the least royalties and plays that instead of the right one...

Why would a live version of a song pay less royalties than the studio version? Similarly for the instrumental version. The only one that seems like it would pay less royalties is maybe the cover, if the cover band has a weaker royalty rate with the provider.

I think the far more likely explanation is just that these home assistant products suck.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by untog »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

It feels like a trope to even say it but it amazes me how badly Google have handled the transition from Google Play Music to YT Music. For me YT Music is an inferior experience in every single way.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by blackearl »

Zelphyr wrote: post #19
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I coined "Brogdon's Law" (probably not original to me by any stretch) several years ago: The answer to any technical problem will present itself within 30 seconds (sometimes minutes) of asking "Hey, can you take a look at this?"

I find that usually having a second set of eyes when you do it again usually forces the person to focus, whereas when it wasn't working before they probably had something else on the brain or were on autopilot. I like to call it the IT magic touch or job security.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by puranjay »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

Google Play Music was so trash but I stuck with it because I had too many tracks sent by friends/my own on it (which Google Play would randomly delete altogether at times).

When they forced the transition to YouTube music, I gave up the service for good.

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