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Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by 1123581321 on Monday November 15, 2021 @06:59PM (#29234698)
Spotify pays a discounted royalty rate when they can kick you over to random plays. Business over user experience, for sure, although they might say you wouldn't pay them a higher monthly subscription to compensate if they didn't do this.

Can't say why or how they arrive at such a tight list of random options; perhaps it's an attempt to give you something predictable while fulfilling royalty obligations. Maybe it's just broken.

Re:If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big th... by aetherson on Monday November 15, 2021 @11:13PM (#29236727)
My guess is that attempting to diversify what they play for you leads to much worse results, at least for the modal user. I don't think that music recommendation services actually work that well except by identifying very popular stuff.