Haha, #YouTubeMusic (my "#Spotify" service) did send me a "recap" – so basically a breakdown about what type of a music consumer I am... and it's hilarious!
Apparently Googles all seeing eye err... algorithm knows it all. No doubt possible.
They say the music style I like the most is... lightweight JAZZ!! Hahaha, no really. If they say that! And my favorite musician is consequentially... Gary Burton (vibraphone maestro). Hihihi...
Now, nothing against jazz, nothing against Gary. But who would know, they are my favorites? I mean, that's news to me!
And it couldn't be more wrong!
I know how this came to be though. Story time:
I had a friend coming over. I cooked for her and also prepared for a good acoustical mood in my living room. She plays saxophone and flute in various orchestras in her spare time but likes strange indie music as The Frogs (yes!), so for my "acoustic mood preparation" I wanted A) surprise her by selecting unusual stuff, but B) something classy as well plus C) something that isn't distracting... so I've assembled a large 60s Vibraphone jazz playlist. And that took time, and I did testplay this multiple times until it felt right before that evening came, where it was played again.
And that was apparently enough for Google to know about my listening habits. It has nothing to do with what I usually listen to and also shows that I spend the major part of my music time not on YouTube music but on Bandcamp and/or local "on device" music using other player apps.
Gack, this story about Google apparently laying off YouTube Music employees who were trying to unionize? (Haven’t seen any reported/verified coverage yet, but watching.)
Long time YTM customer here. Initial feeling is that this is unacceptable and I guess I’m looking for streaming alternatives?
@timbray I turned on home sharing on my windows box last night. VLC on my phone can play songs, but it's slow to load the track listings. Works if I'm at home, but doesn't work if I'm travelling.
Now's as good a time as any to dump that #YouTubeMusic subscription...
Clear union busting antics here by another corp refusing to take care of its employees.
So this year was pretty much my musical theater phase, huh?
I wonder how they count listens, though. I've definitely listened to Sweet Transvestite way more than 14 times, but I'm the type of person who likes to replay certain parts of the song and sometimes skip the very end.
This might also be why Stay With Me is in my top 5. It's part of my work playlist, so I actually let it play all the way through.
So #GooglePodcasts is being shelved, and folded into #YoutubeMusic, which is the service that already destroyed and absorbed my preferred #GoogleMusic. I should've left Google Podcasts a couple of years ago when I was thinking about it.
I could use some recommendations on some new software?
Bonus points if there's both an app and desktop client/site that lets be pick up where I left off the other.
@majorlinux
WAIT, need to recant my last reply. I gave it a try and actually like it on second thought. Thing is, it's sometimes hard to start timeline conversations around specific songs, niche genres etc. on Mastodon or Twitter. I think YTM comments could work if Google would add better threading features or maybe...WAIT FOR IT... revive Google+ 😂