I've been a Pandora subscriber for ~15 years. Been using YouTube music since lately and the recommendations that come up when you start a "radio" station have felt weird and I just found the words for it.
YouTube music is like that relative that found out you liked Pokemon when you were 15 and still gets you Pokemon themed gifts for every single Christmas 20 years later
Me: gives a thumbs up to "The Distance" by Cake
Me: make a playlist based on Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
YTM: ... and The Distance?
Me: play me some songs similar to Tennessee Whisky by Chris Stapleton
YTM: ... and The Distance?
Me: I'm in the mood for Short Skirt / Long Jacket by Cake
YTM: *visibly shaking* ... and The Distance?
@nomi
Cake is one of my favorite bands
@Drosmel shhhh! Don't say that where Google can hear you, it'll slam their (admittedly awesome) songs into every playlist you come up with
@nomi @Drosmel I had a similar experience a few years ago on Spotify. I liked "Backwater" by the Meat Puppets, and next thing I knew, every list they generated for me had all these random Meat Puppets songs included. It was like, holy shit, there isn't a person alive who wants this many Meat Puppets b-sides in their life.
It kind of corrected itself after a couple of weeks, but I find that I like the song less because of that experience.
@seedyh @Drosmel oh man. that algorithm is giving of clingy ex vibes. Like, Spotify, baby, you gotta grow a pair of respect for yourself