Comment on Apps doing year wrapped gives you a hint on how are you being tracked. There is probably a legal issue there somewhere like data retention.

• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  They only need aggregate data for that, they don’t need them to be assigned to a specific user account.

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  • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Music players have been keeping play counts since before the invention of the iPod. It’s a datapoint that users have come to expect. I actually wish services like Spotify or Apple Music did a better job of displaying this data throughout the year rather than just in end of year infographics.

    Like I dunno, Google is literally collating your location data, I hardly think music plays is top secret info.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I actually wish services like Spotify or Apple Music did a better job of displaying this data throughout the year rather than just in end of year infographics.

      Preach

      Spotify > Search > Made For You > “On Repeat” / “Repeat Rewind” = not sufficient

      Chad Google Play Music > sort by plays = perfect

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      • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I thought Google Play Music didn’t exist anymore?

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  • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They need that assigned to specific use accounts so that people can look at their play history. A thing that people often want to do with their music players.

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  • shasta@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If they did that it would be far too easy for people to boost listens and ratings with bots

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