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Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you

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Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you

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Technology@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

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The annual summary of your listening habits has become a phenomenon – but aside from being a marketing wheeze, Wrapped doesn’t always reflect what we truly love

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Spotify has to collect data on what you listen to to recommend music that’s similar. I’d argue that’s Spotify’s best feature.

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