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The Spotify Illusion: Spotify Doesn’t Recommend Music-It Models You

Most people assume Spotify works like a digital matchmaker: You like Indie Rock ──► Spotify finds Indie Rock ──► Spotify recommends it It sounds simple, but that isn’t what happens at all. If an algorithm only did that, it would fail within a week. Why? Because human taste isn’t a static folder of favorite songs. It is an unstable, shape-shifting…