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by nox101 688 days ago
The service I got the most use out of was Rhapsody back in like 2005. Instead of playlists and "radio" it listened artists that influenced this band and artists that were influenced by this band. That lead directly to music I liked.

Otherwise, most of the services (Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube Music) have been really bad at recommending music. No amount of downvotes on songs seems to give their algos any input on bands I don't want to hear. Further, they always seem to devolve in to ridiculous recommendations. I've asked for "Louis Prima" radio and have them insert hip-hop or rap.

Google Play Music did better than those 3 but that died.