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Spotify re-invented the radio (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Can't even seek through songs.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Data gathered: you listened to the music we selected for you. Not the best data

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ahhh okay. Yeah cds rock xD