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

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Post by LeonB »

robotnikman wrote: post #206
qzx_pierri wrote: post #194

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Dude just stop giving Google the benefit of the doubt and switch to Spotify. Google has proven time and time again that their priorities lie within their advertising and their search engine - Everything else is a monetized side project.

I've tried Spotify, its great but their inability to upload your own music is a gamebreaker for me, since I listen to a decent amount of indie and obscure bands and songs

Spotify does let you upload your own music. (I’m a paying customer though so you might need that.)

Overall I’m very happy with Spotify but experience has shown that within a few years it’ll begin the slow and unstoppable turn towards Villainy.

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

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Post by 725686 »

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…

So not much has changed since Apple's Newton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6qxixgQJ4M

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Post by fredley »

reaperducer wrote: post #31
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 keeps playing a song called "My Likes" Meanwhile, here in Siri Land... Me: Hey, Siri, add "tomatoes" to my Groceries list. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapredu…

I built my own with a raspberry pi, touch screen, and tiny webserver (on Hetzner). It doesn't use voice. It works perfectly in the kitchen, and perfectly on my phone while shopping.

https://github.com/fredley/digital-black

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Post by capableweb »

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…

Realisticly, how many of the people working on Google Voice, Siri and Alexa do you think try to use their own service as much as possible day to day? Because just like you, I think it's evident they simply don't. They build for others, not for themselves, and they miss the point 50% of the time.

What we need are people building interfaces for themselves, not people building interface they think are good for others.

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Post by pftburger »

lerchmo wrote: post #253
gorkish wrote: post #36

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This is my experience with any 'smart assistant' product that is or ever has been. It's always frustrating but never particularly hard to find the special incantation that will invoke it to do the thing that you want it to. Overall though it's simply not worth the effort which is probably why I end up using these overwhelmingly complex devices only for their most mundane functions like timers and getting the weather.…

My toddler wants to hear a song 1000x, I can't do something like "Play 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed on repeat or in a loop or 10x" I have to tell it each time.

this is a feature, not a bug. "Hey google, play five little monkeys ten thousand times on max volume and disable input"

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

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Post by dan_quixote »

dorkwood wrote: post #298
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'm still surprised these things have become so ubiquitous. I remember thinking "these things will never catch on", but they caught on massively in spite of their flaws. I guess the ability to do an action without requiring hands is such a powerful draw that it outweighs all the pain that comes with it.

It's great if you have young kids. Your hands are always full and you're always in need of a distraction.

That said, I end up frustrated with Alexa more often than satisfied.

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Post by SilasX »

piyh wrote: post #293
powersnail wrote: post #224

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There is a certain awkwardness I feel whenever I visit a friend who had smartified the house. "Oh, let me demonstrate this. Ok Google, turn off the lights." "Ok Google, turn on the lights now." "Ok Google, mute." "Ok Google, turn on the lights." "Ok Google, turn on the lights, damn it." "Ok Google, turn, on, the, lights---there you go. I swear it works better yesterday." Might as well just flip the switch myself, if…

Smart assistants need to be able to bind predefined activity to clapping. The clapper had the UX nailed. "Alexa, ask phillips hue to turn on the living room light" vs clap clap

Yeah, then they’ll have caught up to the 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Clapper

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Post by hrktb »

crtasm wrote: post #241
xd1936 wrote: post #196

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Agreed. And I have a small child. I _really_ don't want them to be forming "relationships" with brands by asking robot assistants named after corporations to do stuff.

Not that I want any part in increasing use of always-listening devices, but can't you change the trigger word on these things? I've been meaning to have a play with https://mycroft.ai/ but only out of interest, I don't see myself leaving it running.

For Google devices you can’t change the trigger.

Now you can mispronounce it, that’s the only leeway we get.

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Post by lights0123 »

robotnikman wrote: post #206
qzx_pierri wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude just stop giving Google the benefit of the doubt and switch to Spotify. Google has proven time and time again that their priorities lie within their advertising and their search engine - Everything else is a monetized side project.

I've tried Spotify, its great but their inability to upload your own music is a gamebreaker for me, since I listen to a decent amount of indie and obscure bands and songs

You can add custom music in the Spotify desktop client, and if you have a mobile device on the same network, it'll automatically upload it to that device as well. Not cloud based though.

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Post by ibdf »

I have noticed that my Google assistant is getting less smart by the day. It used to understand a lot more, now it keeps playing the wrong thing or turning off all the lights instead of one... or it won’t stop the alarm when you say stop. It’s been getting really frustrating... I would be more upset but they pretty much give those mini speakers away any chance they get.
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