Author seriously needs to touch grass.

> [list of 20 classical artists] I’m aware that many people are unfamiliar with this musical tradition, but it forms one of the sturdiest pillars of what we casually refer to as “western civilization.”

> Unfortunately, this tradition is not much respected

> The use of the word “song” for instrumental music — that is, music that is not sung and hence is not a song — is borderline illiterate.

This writeup is insufferably pretentious. It almost reads like a caricature of someone that listens to classical.

Prompted playlists is a beta feature designed to cater to most users. They are likely using a heavily quantized model, fine tuned on common use cases.

Is it really surprising that it doesn't cater to the fringes of Spotify's user base from the get-go?

Clearly the author believes that their taste in music is the superior one, and so Spotify not designing their product experience around their tastes is "appalling."

Then you get absurd rants like this:

> I’ve heard people claim that an AI can compose music. But how can that be when it can’t even grasp basic concepts in music?

Almost like these are two completely separate models, in two completely separate products.