Can't even seek through songs.
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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... Except they gather your data and use it to try and make profit.
Say least radio required them to give genuine value to you. Radio had to give away shit and run contests to get caller info to figure out how many listeners they had, to get advertisers etc. It was a real business.
Spotify just buys the music catalogue and then forces you into their ecosystem.
Data gathered: you listened to the music we selected for you. Not the best data
Your search data and history.
Listening profiles: what tastes do you have, and what other things do you like? If you like Ray Lamontagne and Taylor Swift what else might keep you on the platform?
What % of people like X? What sorts of trends are happening in music? Chord preferences, rhythms, bpm, etc
All of this aggregate data can be sold to different companies, record labels, etc.
Search data no
Because you never choose
History no
Because you never choose
Listening profile no
Because you never choose
What you like no
Because you never choose
None of this can be sold if they never chose what to listen to. It's data suicide
You pick songs, they squeeze ads and other songs in between (IIRC) and can gather data from how you interact with all of that.
You're understanding the value of big data.
It's why I reject all of these services. CDs, baby!
Ahhh okay. Yeah cds rock xD