Its not random and they are honest about that. Because true randomness leads to occurrences were people think it can't be random. Funny video about it :

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OdLyKETk5o0&pp=ygUcc3BvdGlmeSBzaHVmZmxlIGlzbid0IHJhbmRvbQ%3D%3D

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Couldn't they just make it completely random without repeats until all songs are played or something?

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social -2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Then it's per definition not completely random.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It is. It's just a different kind of random

Choose a random song from the kist each time VS Make a truly random ordering of the given playlist

[–] VibeSurgeon@piefed.social -1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It's a different kind of random, one which is very much not completely random.

It's better for it to not be completely random though.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago

The ordering is completely random tho? I mean, now this is just semantics. The ordering of the songs are not made to space out nearby songs or anything. In that sense it is completely randomone of all permutations(^50^P~50~) of songs.