It allows for data analysis. This helps you to discover new music, keep track of new releases coming out. It also allows you to easily share your musical interests with others. And it doesn’t have blind spots. Spotify would never recommend you something that’s not on Spotify. Because people submit listens to ListenBrainz from Spotify but also from other platforms and from local files there are no inherent blind spots. My listening behavior is no secret, anyone can have a look at it, I choose for it to not be private. But I wouldn’t want to just gift it to any one particular ompany that can use it to make money. By submitting listens to ListenBrainz you basically gift it to everyone.
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Ejh3k@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But why?
96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 6 months ago
LWD@lemm.ee 6 months ago
[deleted]96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 6 months ago
No, all data in ListenBrainz is available for everyone.
ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I already use MusicBrainz data to properly name a file away my digital music collection. I contribute release info and revisions whenever I can to further that same goal. Plex uses MusicBrainz data to help me search, filter, and play through a music library that is honestly bigger than I could ever fully listen to. It just makes sense that I be able to integrate and leverage my listening data so that I can better find the tracks and releases I’ve “lost” in my own collection and find new music. It’s even more of a bonus that all that data is open, so I feel more like I’m actually contributing something to society (even if it’s as trivial as music data and listening habits) instead of just giving it away to a private company to sell or keep secret as they see fit.
db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Recording of listens and then sharing it publicly allows to discoverability of more music.