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jonathanlydalltoday at 9:31 AM1 replyview on HN

I briefly tried it when they first launched it, but in less than an hour decided I hated it.

Which I really should have anticipated since I generally dislike music radio "DJ"s too and Spotify's AI DJ is trying to be like one.

In particular it would do things like start playing tracks with no bearing on anything I'd ever listened to, like local South African music which is very far from universally preferred here. I also got the feeling it was pushing "promoted" tracks with little regard to what I would likely like, just like real life radio stations.

I also don't care to have some voice interrupting the music all the time.

I was hoping it would kind of be like their other "radio"s, but it would be more explorative to finding more "similar" tracks to what I have listened to, without seeming to get stuck in a repeating play list.

I suppose it's a cool gimmick for people who are prefer the broadcast radio experience.


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lozengetoday at 11:27 AM

How could software engineers in London and Stockholm understand the effects of racial segregation on music preferences?

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