Interesting. Spotify works almost perfectly for my discovery needs. I just pick a track I know that fits my mood, then use the (3-dot menu) "Go to Radio" option, which leads to a playlist that usually includes tracks and/or artists new to me. It's been a reliable discovery mechanism for me for many years. Also, there's a new feature I first saw within the last week, a "non-personalized" option that increases the "new to me" ratio.
the "you might also like" for a given artist is usually the most generic related artists - for anything remotely related you'll get basically the same list which is the middle of the venn diagram of everyone who listens to them
I always find this interesting… Spotify is phenomenal for me - about every third Monday Discovery playlist has two or three hits, which feels like a pretty solid ratio, at this point. YouTube has never suggested a single thing I cared for.
I wonder if it’s a curation thing? I’ve been with Spotify since the first day it was available, and rarely use YouTube. I haven’t had a good music ratio as good since newsgroups and (real) forums a decade ago, which were a different form of curation.
On android there are 1000s of keyboards to choose from. They have various perks, customizable and if you don't like what's available you can simply build your own if you have the skills
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