▲ 449 ▼ Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers (news.ycombinator.com) submitted 6 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 130 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Ganymede@sh.itjust.works 17 points 6 months ago (11 children) Why do people even use Spotify at this point? permalink fedilink source hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (4 children) Convenience of instant access to gazillion songs, though i'm not sure if the average spotify user even listens to anything other than top-lists permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _g_be@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) I used to use Spotify but got sick of their recommendations. Vastly different genre playlists would still get top100 songs recommended. Sabrina Carpenter in all my playlists. I moved to Pandora, their recommendation engine is way less biased. Fewer features in the app, tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pieberry@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago FYI Pandora was playing ICE recruitment ads on their service last year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Back when I was on spotify I listened to premade playlists very rarely since I pretty much always knew what I wanted to listen to and because I'm very picky. The "This is [x] playlists were pretty good though permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ganymede@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago The Convenience aspect kind of goes away when you factor in alternatives like YouTube music, apple music or soundcloud permalink fedilink source parent [–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago* Sharing and creating playlists with friends. Discovering new music. Endless playlists of high quality for all genres and moods. Family plan is cheap. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Tonava@sopuli.xyz 6 points 6 months ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] FatVegan@leminal.space 2 points 6 months ago Their search function and recommendations are really good. Other than that, no idea. Convenience permalink fedilink source parent [–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago Me personally, just because someone else is paying for it. The second they stop, I'll go somewhere else. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago They have far more niche music than anyone else. I mean that from a Finnish perspective. permalink fedilink source parent [–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Song-based radios for new music discovery on a service where they don’t silently drop huge swaths of music from my curated “liked” list. Tidal, Qobuz, and Bandcamp failed to meet this requirement in different ways. Spotify isn’t even good, but I don’t have another real option yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (4 children) Convenience of instant access to gazillion songs, though i'm not sure if the average spotify user even listens to anything other than top-lists permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] _g_be@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) I used to use Spotify but got sick of their recommendations. Vastly different genre playlists would still get top100 songs recommended. Sabrina Carpenter in all my playlists. I moved to Pandora, their recommendation engine is way less biased. Fewer features in the app, tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pieberry@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago FYI Pandora was playing ICE recruitment ads on their service last year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Back when I was on spotify I listened to premade playlists very rarely since I pretty much always knew what I wanted to listen to and because I'm very picky. The "This is [x] playlists were pretty good though permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ganymede@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago The Convenience aspect kind of goes away when you factor in alternatives like YouTube music, apple music or soundcloud permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) I used to use Spotify but got sick of their recommendations. Vastly different genre playlists would still get top100 songs recommended. Sabrina Carpenter in all my playlists. I moved to Pandora, their recommendation engine is way less biased. Fewer features in the app, tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pieberry@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago FYI Pandora was playing ICE recruitment ads on their service last year. permalink fedilink source parent [–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Back when I was on spotify I listened to premade playlists very rarely since I pretty much always knew what I wanted to listen to and because I'm very picky. The "This is [x] playlists were pretty good though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pieberry@lemmy.today 5 points 6 months ago FYI Pandora was playing ICE recruitment ads on their service last year. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago Back when I was on spotify I listened to premade playlists very rarely since I pretty much always knew what I wanted to listen to and because I'm very picky. The "This is [x] playlists were pretty good though permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ganymede@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 months ago The Convenience aspect kind of goes away when you factor in alternatives like YouTube music, apple music or soundcloud permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago* Sharing and creating playlists with friends. Discovering new music. Endless playlists of high quality for all genres and moods. Family plan is cheap. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 2 points 6 months ago Their search function and recommendations are really good. Other than that, no idea. Convenience permalink fedilink source parent
[–] greatwhitebuffalo41@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 months ago Me personally, just because someone else is paying for it. The second they stop, I'll go somewhere else. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago They have far more niche music than anyone else. I mean that from a Finnish perspective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] binarytobis@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago Song-based radios for new music discovery on a service where they don’t silently drop huge swaths of music from my curated “liked” list. Tidal, Qobuz, and Bandcamp failed to meet this requirement in different ways. Spotify isn’t even good, but I don’t have another real option yet. permalink fedilink source parent