bickster Posted November 23, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, Davkaus said: Also "Editor's picks". We know exactly what music you listen to, but here's some mainstream shite at the top of your homepage. Why can't I hide recommendations? Yep, Editors picks are shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Quote 'Music is being used as a weapon': Spotify users and artists react to CEO's €100 million investment in AI defence tech Daniel Ek announced the deal with Helsing earlier this month. Spotify users and artists have responded to CEO Daniel Ek's €100 million investment in AI defence tech company Helsing. On November 9th, Ek announced the investment into the British-German company, whose technology will initially be sold to the French, British and German militaries. As part of the deal, Ek is also joining Helsing's board. Helsing says it will use "world-leading AI technology for defence and national security" to provide "information advantage for democratic governments" and "keep liberal democracies from harm." The €100-million deal, which arrives via Ek's €1 billion Prima Materia investment company, has angered some Spotify users, who responded to Ek's tweet by closing accounts and jumping ship to competitors like Bandcamp and Tidal. Some supported the hashtag campaign to #BoycottSpotify. Ambient dub fusion music producer Darren Sangita was among them. "AI means using computers to process information a hundred times faster so they accurately deliver a higher kill ratio," Sangita told Resident Advisor. "Music is being used as a weapon. I can't sign up to that, so I've already unsubscribed and now plan to take all my music down from Spotify [...] We believe in music as a powerful tool for peace, otherwise it's a complete contradiction of our music philosophy." Resident Advisor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 2, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 18:30, Davkaus said: Also "Editor's picks". We know exactly what music you listen to, but here's some mainstream shite at the top of your homepage. Why can't I hide recommendations? I also suspect that the reason you can't hide them is a new form of Payola, Payola was illegal but now it's just advertising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 17:49, Xela said: I've never known Spotify to play an album in random order? I click on the first track and it plays through in the normal order. We established this after my identical comment - yes if you click on the first track, it does indeed play in sequence, always did. It was apparently if you pressed the big green 'play' button above the track list that shuffle would be the default. Thanks to Adele, it no longer is. As you can still invoke shuffle if you wish, I think this is a good thing. Well done, foulmouthed MOR foghorn woman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted December 2, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2021 On 23/11/2021 at 14:29, GarethRDR said: Tangentially related; my wife deletes the tracks from albums on her .mp3 player that she would otherwise skip. Her .mp3 player is thus filled with albums with gaps in them. From a purely functional perspective, I kinda get it, but **** me those are the actions of a sociopath, n'est-ce pas? Hmm, depends. In most cases, I'd agree with you. But there are a few albums where I only like (say) half the tracks, and I may edit a 'cut down' version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 2, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 minute ago, mjmooney said: Hmm, depends. In most cases, I'd agree with you. But there are a few albums where I only like (say) half the tracks, and I may edit a 'cut down' version. They become playlists not albums at that point 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 It's that time of the year when Spotify tries valiantly to pick 5 genres I listen to # Safe to say that For Those Who Wish To Exist is my album of the year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) Bit of a strange year for me, gonna put it down to COVID Edited December 3, 2021 by PieFacE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted December 3, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) The Eluvium one is because Virga is my 7am-9am soundtrack most mornings while I'm still waking up and can't handle anything too obtrusive and loud. Great album tbf. 1,878 different artists I can understand but 140 different genres?...such twaddle Edited December 3, 2021 by Designer1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 3, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2021 According to Spotify my top music moods are melancholy and yearning. I can't help but think that at some point in the future this is the kind of information that will be sent to my Doctor and my car insurer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Designer1 said: 140 different genres?...such twaddle I got 153 genres Very silly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I only had 2 genres. Shit my daughter listened to on my profile and the good stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I apparently listened to 59,000 minutes worth of music in 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, leemond2008 said: I apparently listened to 59,000 minutes worth of music in 2021 Around 40 whole days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, theboyangel said: Around 40 whole days Yep, Spotify is the one service that I would not be able to do without, I think it said that I'm in the top 95% of UK listeners or something like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I won't list my top songs as I don't want to admit to how much Pet Shop Boys I have listened to this year 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted December 3, 2021 Author Moderator Share Posted December 3, 2021 I decided to stick my top 100 tunes this year on in the car tonight. What a load of bollocks that is. Tunes I definitely haven’t played this year, tunes I’ve genuinely never heard of and a whole heap of tunes that are on one particular playlist that I’ve played A LOT this year, nowhere to be seen. Its the same every year though so why I’m shocked I don’t know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, bickster said: I decided to stick my top 100 tunes this year on in the car tonight. What a load of bollocks that is. Tunes I definitely haven’t played this year, tunes I’ve genuinely never heard of and a whole heap of tunes that are on one particular playlist that I’ve played A LOT this year, nowhere to be seen. Its the same every year though so why I’m shocked I don’t know Weird, the only complaint I have about my top 100 is that I'm sick to death of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leemond2008 Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 I don't even look at the top 100 playlists because I listen to entire albums, I'm not one for playlists at all really, that means that if I have really arsed 4 or 5 albums throughout the year then they dominate the playlist which makes for very boring listening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted December 4, 2021 Share Posted December 4, 2021 9 hours ago, Xela said: I won't list my top songs as I don't want to admit to how much Pet Shop Boys I have listened to this year Are they always on your mind? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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