{"id":1685,"date":"2025-11-15T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/how-to-find-music-you-will-love-without-the-algorithm\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T15:00:00","slug":"how-to-find-music-you-will-love-without-the-algorithm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/how-to-find-music-you-will-love-without-the-algorithm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find music you will love without the algorithm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"Oh, how I want to break free.\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/258103_A_guide_to_finding_new_music_outside_of_streaming_algorithms_CVirginia.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tOh, how I want to break free.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">While there is plenty of criticism to be hurled at what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/815744\/music-recommendation-algorithms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">music the algorithm serves to us<\/a>, and how, the real problem with music discovery in the age of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/24094338\/kyle-chayka-filterworld-algorithmic-recommendation-tiktok-instagram-culture-decoder-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">algorithmic recommendations<\/a> is that listening has become a passive activity. It&rsquo;s too easy to press play and let a pile of code take the wheel. Whether that&rsquo;s creating a \u00ab\u00a0station\u00a0\u00bb based on a particular song or artist, firing up Discover Weekly, or just letting Apple Music autoplay into infinity after a particular album or song ends. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">With less involvement from the listener, less intentionality, it&rsquo;s easy for music to simply become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/9\/2\/17805138\/finding-silence-online-is-difficult-but-the-pursuit-is-worthwhile\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">background noise<\/a>. Research suggests that younger generations a \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/report\/821614\/discover-music-without-algorithms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh, how I want to break free. 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