Pivot to AI: If you like music even a bit, you might boggle at the idea that people would be happy with a stream of anonymous machine-generated slop. But to the music streaming business, caring which song you're hearing makes you a weird outlier. The vast
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@jwz While I am _firmly_ against random genAI songs being played to me without an opt-in, most of the time I fill pick one artist/album/song to create a mix/station and listen for hours and hours to whatever Tidal has queued up based on that one seed.

@BoydStephenSmithJr I use a far superior algorithm: it's called "own actual files, select some, click shuffle, do not give money to a rent-seeking middleman". It's great.

@jwz I guess. I have a fairly large collection, but I prefer streaming because I inadvertently discover new things to enjoy.

I also find preferences and settings followed me better with a service, since most didn't hava Amarok or understand it's settings.

Finally, I find streaming services much easier to use from a work computer rather than transferring files, especially with a large library, and I spend nearly half my day on systems I don't own.

Maybe some of that is better now?

@BoydStephenSmithJr My entire MP3 collection is less than 400GB. This year's iPhone comes with 512GB.

@BoydStephenSmithJr @jwz streaming services miss interesting and obscure. only i like is youtube because it leaks in this sense because it does not "productize" music. while i'm working i just find something interesting from there and put autoplay on and let the mayhem flow in :-)

@BoydStephenSmithJr @jwz a music streaming service has a fundamental problem of having to comply all kinds of legal etc requirements so this problem cannot really get fixed. it is in the genes of the whole business model.

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There used to be this thing called "radio" where human DJs would introduce you to new things to enjoy.

@gdinwiddie @BoydStephenSmithJr Siri what is "payola"

@jwz You were listening to the wrong radio station.

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