• mrdown@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Discovering things via “press” isn’t free either, it takes time to read the articles, buy the magazines

    I don’t know about you but this is so fun for me it bring me joy and fulfillment as opposed to being fed by algorithm

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      1 month ago

      It’s the opposite for me. I don’t want to read about music. I just want to listen to music that I don’t know yet but am likely to like. I don’t want to dig around for it. The algorithms you dislike do something that no article or podcast can: give me personally tailored recommendations. She not in an abstract way but just as a playlist.

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        1 month ago

        An algorithm has zero concept of artistic quality . I also want to always extends my taste and not the opposite

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          I’m aware it has no concept of artistic quality. But I also don’t care about the quality of music, especially if perceived by some journalist. I only care if I like music. Some of it is intricately composed, masterfully performed. Some is pop, or generic/simple house.

          I have discovered entire genres with the algorithms you seem to think only give narrowing recommendations. Some people probably listened to those and something I liked.

          Let me repeat again: I have discovered many, many artists for me that I literally would have no realistic chance of every hearing about in any other way. Ever!