The algorithm is your friend!

[yendi]

Spotify: Welcome to Discover Weekly.
Me: Thanks!
Spotify: First, I think you might like this band called Letters to Cleo.
Me: I've had a crush on Kay Hanley for over 25 years.
Spotify: Okay, well, how about this obscure group called Alkaline Trio?
Me: You mean the punk band that literally shared a lead singer with Blink 182 for a while?
Spotify: Okay, what about X-Ray Spex? Or that dog.? Fountains of Wayne? The Hippos?
Me: Are you feeling okay?
Spotify: Wait! We've also got Alanis Morisette and Blondie! Both are sure to be big stars once enough people discover them!
Me: . . .
Spotify: Okay fine. Here's a band with fewer that 35K monthly listeners: The Julie Ruin.
Me: As in, Kathleen Hanna's band?
Spotify: Okay, look. Um, algorithms kind of suck.
Me: But isn't the algorithm literally the Spotify business model?
Spotify: Not any more. Now our business model is that no one makes MP3 players any more for the mass market, so everyone will jus stream and use us because we're the big name.
Me: Oh.
Spotify: Anyway, wanna try a song by Cheap Trick?