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Music Piracy Is Back in a Big Way (www.wired.com)
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Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Not been my experience. Yt music playlists are really good for me and I've discovered a lot of new music through it.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago* (5 children)

    That surprises me, but I suppose it had to work for some listeners or they wouldn't have gotten it past testing. I have even tried clearing my listen history and starting over - still comes up with country and (going to clarify) 'metal' . I like rock and alternative and some forms of pop, as well as a bit of hip hop. cannot fathom why it suggests what it does.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Do you ever thumb down anything, or do you just skip the stuff you don't like?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Every time. I am not sure it actually changes anything. I have submitted feedback and bug reports to YTM as well. Just generic replies.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago*

    I feel you. Feels like the algorithm just does whatever now, on main YouTube and Shorts it is awful as well, constantly showing me the same 5 shorts and recommending me channels I have asked to "not recommend" multiple times. No amount of disliking and clicking "Not Interested" seems to help, at least not for longer than a day.

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