Actually, I find Spotify horrible for finding new music outside my bubble that i like. YouTube works much, MUCH better for me for this purpose.

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chrisweekly 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	aworks 5 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Hmm, just tried the non-personalized option for the first time. Is it a reflection on me that I may prefer it over "personalized"?
	▲	plaguuuuuu 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		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

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jmye 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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.