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Spotify Adding Feature That Lets You Block Artists From Playlists, Radio Stations, and More
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I've been thinking the same thing about Serbian Neo-Folk but Apple has also been wise enough not to offer that to me.
I originally thought you had written, "Serbian Neo-Funk" and became angry I'd never been offered it.
I completely agree with you. I listen to pop rock, rock, alternative, indie, some metal and country, yet half of the time, I get R&B, hip hop/rap, K-pop and pure pop recommended to me. It's like they want me to pull my hair out. Friends Mix, Chill Mix and New Music Mix are of no use. Even the For You section list once said, "Thursday's Albums: Since you listen to rock", then showing Beyoncé's I Am... Sasha Fierce, Kelly Clarkson's My December (this I can accept), Céline Dion's Falling Into You and Jack Johnson's Brushfire Fairytales.
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You can digitize vinyl albums so you can add them to your phones library, and I assume those are songs that you want to hear. I’m not going to get into the analog vs digital sound quality because I personally can’t hear a difference between vinyl and a CD quality file, and I don’t know if there is a difference between 16 bit (CD Quality) and 24 bit bit sound files when compared to vinyl that people can actually hear or not. I know people who say they can but I don’t.
Point is if you play/stream from a personal library you create the only songs or artists that you’ll hear and they are ones that you put there.
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Apple Music is so far behind Spotify in technology and features that it is embarrassing.
I have subscriptions to both (which I shouldn’t need to have), but for whatever reason Apple will not allow some tracks on certain albums to be streamed. (Of course they are HAPPY to SELL it to you on iTunes for an additional charge.)
The interface is extremely bland. Even Amazon Music and Napster have more modern interfaces.
Right now the only reason I keep Apple Music is because Spotify isn’t available on Apple TV or Car Play.
I still might get rid of it and just stream Spotify from my mobile devices. It’s very disappointing. I keep waiting for an improvement, but it never comes!
I could go on and on, but I am particularly happy to see this blocking feature come to Spotify for radio stations.
I don’t have a problem with other playlists, but you never know what an algorithm might include in a radio station stream.
I have subscriptions to both (which I shouldn’t need to have), but for whatever reason Apple will not allow some tracks on certain albums to be streamed. (Of course they are HAPPY to SELL it to you on iTunes for an additional charge.)
The interface is extremely bland. Even Amazon Music and Napster have more modern interfaces.
Right now the only reason I keep Apple Music is because Spotify isn’t available on Apple TV or Car Play.
I still might get rid of it and just stream Spotify from my mobile devices. It’s very disappointing. I keep waiting for an improvement, but it never comes!
I could go on and on, but I am particularly happy to see this blocking feature come to Spotify for radio stations.
I don’t have a problem with other playlists, but you never know what an algorithm might include in a radio station stream.
Why does it matter?? Was there some memo that we all need to like him now????
Also, I’m not sure people understand anymore that you can have absolutely zero interest in an “artist”, while finding them to be more of the same shallow narcissistic commercial empty calorie ******** and NOT be a hater?? He’s not interesting enough to hate on.