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Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by lacrimacida »

Yodel0914 wrote: post #38
maicro wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've always had a bit of a love-hate relationship with Spotify - for the most part it's great, and I'm happy to be paying for a service that provides so much value (and it's a great example of how having a reasonably priced option defeats piracy, for uh, people I know). That being said, being advertised podcasts and audiobooks is super annoying (and yes, I consider "being presented with" as "being advertised" if I ca…

I'm in the same boat - have been very happily paying for Spotify family for many years, love the access to music, but hate the way they push crap I don't care about. And their recommendation algorithm has never really worked for me. In part out of frustration with Spotify, and in part to hedge against streaming disappearing one day, I'm in the process of ripping my exiting CD collection to FLAC, and buying either dig…

It’s nice to be in control for once. I am getting more and more into offline consumption, and to me if quality of the media isn’t the highest but decent Im okay. My attention though is extremely valuable to me to let companies services try to mess with it.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by lacrimacida »

candiddevmike wrote: post #17
goatbrain wrote: post #7

As an aside - but not completely, because it speaks to incidents such as this re Spotify... but have people been noticing a deterioration in the Spotify experience recently? For example, the UX of the app getting too complicated; the algorithms no longer have the "delightful serendipity" they used to, etc and so on. I suppose that is to be expected from any behemoth (especially one that is not particularly profitable…

Yea it's a mess. The heart conversion to plus recently was idiotic. Trying to combine the functionality of two distinct actions was not a smart idea. I also keep getting sponsored shit that I can't turn off even with a premium subscription.

Why don’t you pull the plug then?

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by devmor »

goatbrain wrote: post #7

As an aside - but not completely, because it speaks to incidents such as this re Spotify... but have people been noticing a deterioration in the Spotify experience recently? For example, the UX of the app getting too complicated; the algorithms no longer have the "delightful serendipity" they used to, etc and so on. I suppose that is to be expected from any behemoth (especially one that is not particularly profitable…

Yes, it's gone from recommending me interesting new music that fits my tastes to a mix of only songs I've heard before, or top billboard hits with no in between.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

blakesterz wrote: post #3

They also wrote a blog post on being laid off here: https://www.furia.com/page.cgi?type=log&id=473

The end of the piece falls apart. You make more luck by creating and improving things people love and want to pay you for.

Everyone does their job with love and belief until they get punched in the face with a pink slip.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by lolive »

A long time ago, there was spotifynewmusic.com, which converted top albums from 40+ music curators [NME, among others] into comprehensive Spotify playlists.

The website was maintained by jlarome. Who, i suspect, is a spotify employee.

The website was abruptly abandonned, some years ago. And i have always wondered the reason why.

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by ta988 »

goatbrain wrote: post #7

As an aside - but not completely, because it speaks to incidents such as this re Spotify... but have people been noticing a deterioration in the Spotify experience recently? For example, the UX of the app getting too complicated; the algorithms no longer have the "delightful serendipity" they used to, etc and so on. I suppose that is to be expected from any behemoth (especially one that is not particularly profitable…

Yeah super low quality of recommendations, fake mixes that are clearly made automatically and have no relevance to the title or between songs. Sounds like they tried to replace humans by computers and it shows really badly. That's the next one I'll consider in my regular review of subscription (Waking Up is another close contender, together with duolingo)

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by kazinator »

Aeolun wrote: post #22
supertofu wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The UX changes every other month it seems, which is upsetting and jarring every time. Lately, the app keeps forcing me to update my password which is annoying. I miss the heart button. Why would they remove it? I never like spotify's "for you" playlists.

Your heart button is gone? Every song I play still has it right next to the title?

> Your heart button is gone?

Yeah, and she ain't givin' it back. Sigh ... guitar solo ♪♫♬

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by capybara_2020 »

goatbrain wrote: post #7

As an aside - but not completely, because it speaks to incidents such as this re Spotify... but have people been noticing a deterioration in the Spotify experience recently? For example, the UX of the app getting too complicated; the algorithms no longer have the "delightful serendipity" they used to, etc and so on. I suppose that is to be expected from any behemoth (especially one that is not particularly profitable…

I wonder if this is a broader with the industry.

Need to show growth > Hire more and more people > A lot of them have nothing to do because companies always over hire > Change parts that work in the name of improvements because they have to show they are working > enshitification

Re: Creator of everynoise.com laid off from Spotify

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Post by d357r0y3r »

bdcravens wrote: post #30
ilrwbwrkhv wrote: post #23

The pendulum is already swinging back from subscriptions to ownership and on device apps. I hope this little foray of our industry into SaaS and renting software comes to an end soon.

Are there any music download services showing numbers to support that assertion? I know that HN and the like talk about it a lot, but I feel like the public at large isn't trying to buy anything. They certainly aren't canceling a $15 Spotify account and turning around and spending $1000 to restore their playlists.

There aren't any numbers to support it.

"I went back to torrenting" is a Reddit/HN thing. Regular people are still using streaming services for the vast majority of content.

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