What is the actual difference in how Spotify and Apple Music recommend oldies music based on your listening history, and do they listen to your conversations like people claim?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What is the actual difference in how Spotify and Apple Music recommend oldies music based on your listening history, and do they listen to your conversations like people claim?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Spotify official how recommendations work listening history taste profile collaborative filtering recommendationsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Apple Music official personalized recommendations listening history favorites suggestions privacy listening historyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Spotify privacy policy microphone voice recordings conversations Siri Apple privacy music listening historyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Spotify official how recommendations work listening history taste profile collaborative filtering recommendations Google ↗
Apple Music official personalized recommendations listening history favorites suggestions privacy listening history Google ↗
Spotify privacy policy microphone voice recordings conversations Siri Apple privacy music listening history Google ↗
- Safety and Privacy center · spotify.com
- Humans + Machines: A Look Behind the Playlists Powered by Spotify’s Algotorial Technology · engineering.atspotify.com
- Legal · apple.com
- Spotify · spotify.com
- Legal · apple.com
- Privacy - Features · apple.com
- Taste Profile · support.spotify.com
- Exclude from Your Taste Profile · engineering.atspotify.com
- How to Use Our Taste Profile Feature to Shape Your Spotify Homepage · newsroom.spotify.com
- Get personalized recommendations in Music on iPhone · support.apple.com
- Get personalized recommendations in Music on iPhone · support.apple.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spotify official how recommendations work listening history taste profile collaborative filtering recommendations OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Apple Music official personalized recommendations listening history favorites suggestions privacy listening history OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Spotify privacy policy microphone voice recordings conversations Siri Apple privacy music listening history OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |