June 27, 2017

The Secret Lives of Playlists

For all of its talk about prioritizing “discovery” and “knowing your tastes” […], what Spotify feeds to Browse and pushes to Discover is influenced largely by whether an artist already has a massive marketing campaign and corporate push behind them.

I’ve been using Google Play Music — instead of Spotify — for the last few weeks¹, and I’m amazed with how much I enjoy the playlists.

Initially I thought it was a bit of placebo effect, but I’m now sure there’s some magic — or less influential marketing campaign — workings with Google Music Play’s playlists.

Seriously considering switching over from Spotify. Plus, the YouTube Red value of not showing commercials is great.

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1. Taking advantage if the YouTube Red trial.↩︎

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