because it’s where they have the most control (and access over your data).
It shouldn’t be this way… Is there anything we can do against these practices? Client side.
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scytale@lemm.ee 9 months ago
There are a lot of features all these companies make available only on their mobile apps, because it’s where they have the most control (and access over your data). It’s the same for social media sites as well, because you can limit them a number of ways on a desktop browser.
kratoz29@lemm.ee 9 months ago
RonnieB@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Duckduckgo tracking protection blocks thousands of Spotify tracking requests every time I open Spotify
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yup, we’re the product to them. I even deliberately use an older version of the app before they added those TikTok like videos in the search area because I get better music suggestions than the new version.
The app is nearly impossible to use to just find new music now. Discover Weekly has been a joke for ages too.
huginn@feddit.it 9 months ago
I don’t work for Spotify but I am a mobile app dev and while this could easily just be trying to funnel people into the app it could also be focused on preventing bots and fraud.
Mobile phones offer significantly better tamper resistance compared to laptops and PCs. If someone gives a rating from your app on a phone there are several different forms of attestation available to be sure it’s not a bot or fake account, none of which work on PC.
And if you’re trying to combat the rampant fraud that happens around review manipulation, that is one solution.
cm0002@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fr, I just listened to the most recent 2-3 months worth on my backlog (I auto-archive my DW lists so they don’t disappear the next week lol) and I think a whopping 2 songs made it on to my master playlist. Usually there’s like 10 or more for similar time periods…I was just blaming it on my tastes confusing the algorithm (I like to jump around genre’s a LOT lmao) but maybe it wasn’t just me after all lol
LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 9 months ago
If you save a song the system thinks you like it, so by continually auto-saving all the songs on your discover weekly you're actually training it to give you recommendations that are further and further away from what you like
cm0002@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Ah shit, I didn’t think of that dammit now I gotta figure out how to save my lists somewhere else ugh
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Same here, usually I get at least 1 or 2 songs I like from each week but lately it’s garbage meme songs or songs that I find annoying to listen to. My genres are everywhere too, pretty much everything except country music.