Spotify is shit. I’m paying for a family plan for other while I find good songs everywhere else. I haven’t found a good song in 3 months using Spotify’s playlists. Even the weekly mix is shit. everything sounds the same. I want a mix of hard, heavy, slow and steady. Give me a Disney Song back to back with Black Sabbath.

I’m back to pirating and purchasing music, depending which is easier for a specific track. My songs are on an android device I only use for music.

[–] BulletofReason@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This is exactly how I've been feeling about it recently. Use it to discover new music but now it just repeats all the same things over and over. Playlist of over 1000 songs in it? What if we just played 32 of them. Smart shuffle? Good in theory but Plexamp does this so much better. I wish the smart shuffle worked like the Plexamp DJ tools.

But don't worry, they'll increase the price (again) to "better the experience"... The lie detector determined that was a lie.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, I feel like Spotify's algorithms have become good at giving more of the same but worse for discovery. I don't find as many new artists as I used to. And some songs just come up again and again, which I guess are paid promotions.

I've mostly switched to Qobuz, which doesn't have as many auto-generated playlists as Spotify, but can auto-play similar music once your selection has played. Qobuz's emphasis is more on listing albums you might be interested in and having you choose which ones to listen to. I'm discovering more new music this way than through Spotify.

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Spotify's algorithms have become good at giving more of the same but worse for discovery.

To be fair, I use it for new drops and almost nothing else. New artists have to get to me through the word of mouth first, for people like me it's alright. I don't pay for it though so I can't complain that much.

[–] Talaraine@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

Honestly I used Pandora since it was Beta and I still think it's algorithm is one of the best I've seen. Even if you don't pay for their service, just get a free account and explore. Then if you want to use some other program to build a playlist, at least you've got something working for you.