> "if people would listen to what is more profitable to us, instead of what they enjoy listening to, we would make X more profit".
I was ranting, immaturely, to my ML educated friend recently about how terrible modern discovery algorithms are ("if ML is so powerful why does Spotify exclusively serve up the steamiest of dog sh$t?") when he explained this to me.
His response was "they aren't optimizing their discovery algorithms for your enjoyment, they optimize them for profit."
I was ranting, immaturely, to my ML educated friend recently about how terrible modern discovery algorithms are ("if ML is so powerful why does Spotify exclusively serve up the steamiest of dog sh$t?") when he explained this to me.
His response was "they aren't optimizing their discovery algorithms for your enjoyment, they optimize them for profit."