I've been a Spotify subscriber since 2009 (you cannot shame me more than I've shamed myself), and their recommendation engine (algorithm, as I prefer to call it) is fucked. First of all, it will recommend music where they pay the artists the least, so they can take more money themselves. And it's the same fucking songs over and over again, basically no matter the playlist "made for you". It's literally the same 200 songs.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree, but have you tried the recommendation engines on the other platforms?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I tried Tidal, but not heavily. Right, what I do love about Qobuz is their weekly updated new albums. It's easy to put on something new. And then there's the "Newcomers" lists, which are new artists, curated weekly or monthly, not sure.

As for their recommendations: I've only used it for two weeks with listening to a lot more new artists and music, so it's currently all over the place lol.

Edit: and I agree with Spotify having so many more features than the others, but I can live without them. My wife, on the other hand...

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They changed their genre classification tags behind the scenes in 2023, around the time they fired the guy who ran “Every Noise at Once” and ruined almost all value the service had.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

'around the time they fired the guy who ran “Every Noise at Once" '

You know, that explains a lot. I think I've read that dude's book — it was a good read.