Comment on Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs

• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Streaming sites not including the option to block content is frustrating.

  I remember when Netflix let you hide individual movies so they didn’t clutter up the categories. When it was removed there was a rumor that giving it a low score would hide it but that never worked for me. Don’t even remember the other services offering an option to hide stuff.

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  • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can still do that on YouTube.

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t think of youtube as a streaming site for some reason. Maybe because I only interact with it on a computer and the others through TVs even though everything can go through both.

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      • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They also have movies, but I figured “buying” them over there is more expensive than getting DVDs or sometimes even BluRays shipped from UK to Slovakia via Amazon.

        Random example: Blade Runner 2049 bought from seller RAREWAVES for €5.64 ($6.30 currently) incl. shipping, the DVD itself being £2.24 ($2.97 currently). It was new, not used.
        “Renting” on YouTube for 48 hours within 30 days is $3.99, while “Buying” is $14.99.

        Seems like I could get it used in “Very Good” condition on BluRay for around €6. Just UHD BluRay is more expensive than YouTube.

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• JordanZ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Raised the price for podcasts, raised the price for audiobooks. Guys, I just want a music service…

  Then as you mentioned…no ability to block artists or songs. I honestly believe that not listening to a particular song by an artist you otherwise like made it shows up even more in radio/shuffle play. Can’t you guys clue into the fact that I skip that track EVERY time you start playing it.

  People made alternate desktop clients to customize the homepage cause they were unwilling. The mobile app wasn’t so lucky. Again…my home page doesn’t need to be podcasts, audio books and artists I’ve never listened to but are obviously being boosted but paid promotions.

  When they started throwing up full page dialog popups recommending the most ridiculous not even close to what I listen to content multiple times a listening session…I was out. Didn’t just cancel premium, deleted the account and uninstalled the apps. I’m not paying you to actively annoy the shit out of me.

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• prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I never moved from pandora to Spotify and could never find a good reason to.

  I realize I’m a decade out of the loop, but what did it do better?

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  • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i never used pandora–is it true you can’t make your own playlists? that would be a no go for me. i switched to tidal and have no complaints

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    • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pandora was initially antithetical to playlists, the concept was utilizing the music genome project to play songs that are like songs you’ve like.

      Playlists probably was the thing Spotify had that pandora didn’t have that made Spotify get big, you can make playlists now.

      I only use pandora because it’s music discovery is so good tbh.

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      • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      • Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        In the early years of Spotify I liked that it stored the songs on your sctual device, so you didnt need an active Internet connection to listen to the songs.

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• Vespair@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m so confused, I’m a Spotify user and there are multiple artists I’ve selected “don’t play this artist” on that Spotify blocks for me; it won’t even play those artists when I click playlists including them.

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