Streaming Is Stalling: Can Music Keep Up in the Attention Economy?

Re:Streaming Is Stalling: Can Music Keep Up in the Attention... by i_cannot_hack on Saturday December 19, 2020 @04:27AM (#25476303)

> This really can't be emphasized enough. The younger generation has no concept of listening to a song you "don't like" 50 times, simply because you listened to the album you purchased 100 times.

Not necessarily true. When Spotify reaches the end of one of my playlists, it automatically starts playing a radio of "recommended songs" based on the playlist. However, these recommended songs are usually the same, with only minor changes over time.

As a consequence, I can think of several songs that I don't like that I have listened to more than 50 times, simply because they tend to be the among the first recommended songs to play when I've finished one of my regular playlists.

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Re:Streaming Is Stalling: Can Music Keep Up in the Attention... by antfarm on Saturday December 19, 2020 @05:52AM (#25476600)

You can turn this off in the settings, it's called Autoplay.

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Re:Streaming Is Stalling: Can Music Keep Up in the Attention... by i_cannot_hack on Saturday December 19, 2020 @06:11AM (#25476682)

I know, but I don't dislike the feature in general - I've discovered several songs this way.

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