Spotify users ask for a setting to hide AI generated contents but they refuse

[ryanisnan]

This is a poorly titled HN submission. This isn't what's happened, if you read the post - A user asked about being able to do this. Spotify claimed it isn't currently a feature, however they have a feature request that the requester can add their voice to if so inclined.

[mattigames]

Sure sure, they haven't refused it at all, the feature request has more than 7 months and they just haven't read it yet, you people I swear.

[drusepth]

Also: the answer marked as a solution that says it's not a feature is not even from a Spotify employee.

[mystraline]

So the better solution is to set up Navidrome, "acquire" 1TB of music. Look for discographies, top 10k, stuff you like. Use a reverse proxy to a cheap VPS or Cloudflare. (Ssh port forward from Navidrome to VPS 127.0.0.1, and have nginx handle reverse proxy. Put it in systemd unit to autoreconnect)

Then you can listen to whatever you want.

Im all for paying for good content or service. But I quit paying for companies to abuse me.

[ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7]

> But I quit paying for companies to abuse me.

Seems like a stretch, no? How are streaming music companies abusing users?

[fckgw]

Yeah or I could just use Apple Music or Tidal or any other competing services

[drusepth]

Is there any precedent for this in Spotify? Can I tell it to hide all country music or all music by German artists?

[hn_throw2025]

Sounds about right. I was a massive Spotify fan when I signed up in 2008, but that has cooled significantly as time has gone on.

It’s a textbook Feature Factory [1].

I don’t think anybody asked for all the features they have crammed in, right up to the point where it’s playing videos like a wannabe YouTube client.

When I know my machine is going to need CPU resources and I don’t want to work with the sound of the fan, I load up a lightweight FLAC player instead.

[1] …a term that is apparently annoying to Agile enthusiasts… Good!

[crazygringo]

HN title is incorrect and clickbait.

Spotify hasn't refused at all. They don't say anything, but a non-employee specifically links to a page where people can upvote the idea to help get it implemented.

Flagged because there is nothing of value for HN here, this is just a random feature request.

[mattigames]

Sure sure, they haven't refused at all, the feature request has more than 7 months and but they just haven't read it, you people I swear.

[Arcuru]

Is it possible to accurately identify "AI generated" songs? Or do they have to be labeled?

[dham]

I think with stem separation,you could potentially train a model. But the latest Suno is really good. You can still kind of "hear" it. I had a song come into my playlist. "The Dad Bods Pop Punk". I have a keen ear, and I listened to the song a couple of times when I realized it. When I went to the artist it was a bunch of AI-generated pictures and listening to the other ones it's clear it's AI.

[nottorp]

The real question is why does Spotify allow "AI" generated music? Did any of the paying customers ask for it?

[Simulacra]

I really hate the constant nagging to use AI, I really wish I could just block it. I don't care how useful it is, I don't care about excuses of not using the service, I want some way to block all of it.