It’s funny that people try and posit that we live in an era where the listener chooses what they’re hearing, as opposed to being force fed whatever’s popular via radio, but the same exact thing is happening now, just in the form of playlisting

Why do yall spit this ahistorical narrative that music was somehow this pure and free artistic paradise free from financial influence prior to the streaming era?

Which is why I hate the argument that Spotify is better because they “curate better playlists”

The whole point of streaming services should be giving the listener complete control of what they’re hearing, not boardroom curated mixes of whatever the company thinks is worth listening to at the moment

The music business has always been built on the large powers that be conditioning the masses on what to listen to, what's good, who's the next star, etc.

The idea that that process was ever organic has been and always will be a huge fallacy.

Streaming is just another, new way that that process is taking place.

I mean, the reality is that most people do not want to pick their own music and playlists, which makes curated playlists pretty important

Yeah, and that’s defeating what made streaming so special at its’ onset in my opinion

We’re right back to the radio days, they’re just called playlists now

Paying $20 a month is crazy might as well go back to piracy.

a lot of pearl clutching in this thread for what lmao

how many people these days are gonna sit and actually look for music without the help of algorithms? what’s the alternative for them? radio? mtv?

I never use this typa s***

How about they fix shuffle instead

Spotify trying to decipher my abstract music taste and curate one singular playlist

Eventually all your listening will just be algorithm based

I feel so bad for kids.

How about they add lyrics to the apple tv app 😡🤧

Mainstream died three years ago

Won’t catch me listening to a playlist made by an AI

LMFAO

Things have larger implications, zoom zoom

its a playlist based off of what you listen to, sounds kinda cool

idk if he is a apple music user or some s*** like why are you this salty

it also changes genres

Honestly I just love every so often just relaxing and just going on a deep dive into blogs, forums & magazines to find new artists and albums. The spoon feeding of music is cool and works for 99% of people but the fun and joy for me personally has always been doing it independently.

Also, Apple Music >

Huh lol you don’t HAVE to use this

@ algorithim bad ppl

Algorithm your way into sum b****es

Nah this is crazy they put 22 savage in my shower mix

yuck 🤢

the last part, i dont know about. industry was never fair.

but yea this isn't good