"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today"

Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by mardifoufs on Monday October 16, 2023 @02:56PM (#37904453)

Compared to what? Genuinely asking, because I like Spotify's recommendation system yet I always have the feeling that it can be better... even with the recent enhanced shuffle playlist and efforts to provide more contextual recs.

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Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by nkozyra on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:08PM (#37904661)

YouTube music, Pandora, I'm sure there are others.

Spotify likes to feed you back stuff you liked even if it's only tangentially related to what you're asking for. It also repeats the same recommendations for things like radio over and over again.

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Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by brandensilva on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:27PM (#37904988)

I feel like it's been improving with them offering more ways to discover music that sounds like what you heard but not the same artists.

But yeah I still feel more can be done. Their new Hi-Fi package is supposed to have more options too.

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Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by dminvs on Monday October 16, 2023 @05:47PM (#37907121)

I had the same experience you describe with Pandora for years, has it improved recently?

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Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by disposition2 on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @05:35AM (#37912529)

That is borderline tragic to hear. Pandora acquired __the__ music streaming service when it came to discovery, rdio, and did absolutely nothing with it.

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Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by slenk on Monday October 16, 2023 @06:14PM (#37907411)

You describing your experience with Spotify is my same experience with Pandora. It's awful, they have like 10 songs

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Re:"About half of Bandcamp was laid off today" by pdntspa on Monday October 16, 2023 @07:48PM (#37908247)

Real, living breathing DJs. They are a way better way to discover new music.

Listen to a set and pull out Shazam whenever you hear something you like. It can even dump all that into a spotify playlist

For me its the only way to fly

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