How bad is your Spotify?

Post by kick_in_the_dro » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:20 AM UTC

gfxgirl wrote: post #517

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Spotify is great, people on HN like to complain. Aside from having nearly any artist's catalogue available for almost free, their recommendations have helped me find a lot of great songs. I don't personally listen to the curated playlists but many of my friends love them.

Spotify objectively sucks compared to plenty of other services. Is it possible you haven't tried those other services? Having access to lots of music is certainly better than not but we've had services that do that since the early 2000s. I subscribed to Rhapsody in 2004. It gave me access to "nearly any artist's catalogue available for almost free". As 2 examples of things it did better, instead of using a shitty rec…

Post by Alupis » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:24 AM UTC

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I'm dumbfounded people still put up with this mess on Spotify. Pandora's discovery, recommendations, and shuffle algorithms are objectively superior to Spotify - yet, everyone still seems to use Spotify none-the-less. Discovery, recommendations and shuffle are at the heart of what made Pandora a thing... it's literally what Pandora was built on back when it was purely a seeded radio of sorts. Whereas Spotify more-or-…

> Discovery, recommendations and shuffle are at the heart of what made Pandora a thing That's exactly what I'm not looking for; I'm perfectly fine with making my own music choices. I know what I like, have an extensive "library" on Spotify, and play from just that. The biggest thing I'm missing from Spotify (or indeed, most players, except the one I wrote myself years ago) is the ability to say "play random album fro…

Post by anupamchugh » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:45 AM UTC

madamelic wrote: post #182

I have to give huge applause for the quality of writing. I genuinely can't tell how expansive the responses are, which is huge for AI. It definitely has the UX feel of being a bit creepy on how well it responds.

Post by pgt » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 5:59 AM UTC

t0mbstone wrote: post #252

As someone who listens to spotify all day while programming, here's my secret to success: I create a playlist to fit a mood (for example, ambient electronic music with a good beat and no words), and I seed it with at least 10 songs. Then, I go down to the "Recommended Songs" section and I just play whatever it recommends. If I don't like a song, I hit the skip button on my keyboard. The vast majority of what it recom…

Post by arp242 » Thu, Dec 24, 2020, 6:13 AM UTC

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> Discovery, recommendations and shuffle are at the heart of what made Pandora a thing That's exactly what I'm not looking for; I'm perfectly fine with making my own music choices. I know what I like, have an extensive "library" on Spotify, and play from just that. The biggest thing I'm missing from Spotify (or indeed, most players, except the one I wrote myself years ago) is the ability to say "play random album fro…

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