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Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
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This year I noticed that it didn't really reflect my tastes. A couple of the most played songs were songs I don't actually like, that Spotify keeps playing me in the car. I can't tell it I don't like the song while I'm driving, and even if I skip it, the song just reappears the next day.
So my New Year's music resolution is to rely on generated streaming playlists less and be more deliberate about what I listen to. Evidently I'm spending a lot of time tolerating music I don't particularly enjoy.
Yeah I spent a lot of time with "daily mix" playlists playing. Half of the songs were ones they kept repeating in those.