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Why I Finally Quit Spotify | the New Yorker
Breaking the Spotify algorithm
https://tompendergast.substack.com/p/digging-my-way-out-of-an-algorithmic
But Netflix nevertheless functions similarly to Spotify, guiding our choices toward particular content and shaping what we perceive as representative of a given genre, the same way that Galaxie 500’s “Strange” became misleadingly representative of the band’s music.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
If platforms like Vine and TikTok aim to make us all content creators, subscription platforms like Spotify aim to make us all content curators, picking our favorite tracks and sharing them with friends and the internet at large. While curating our music choices might give us a brief flash of empowerment, like we’ve somehow escaped the clutches of c... See more
Tim Maughan • Platforms, Creative Communities, and the Need for a Radical Reimagining - The Reboot
There’s no way to access older, favored versions of Spotify or Instagram the way it was possible in decades past to stick with an outdated software version by declining updates.