I don't know what their major malfunction is. I heard a Red Hot Chili Peppers song the other day. I was luckily in a position where I was able to hit the thumbs down button before I heard the singer, but it was enough to ruin my mood for the next few hours. The Pandora devs seem to lack the understanding that music can have a visceral effect on people, and there are certain bands or songs that can instigate a fugue or other intense state. There's no jokes, no hyperbole here. If I was forced to listen to either Red Hot Chili Peppers, or Guns & Roses - I'd cancel my subscription. I'm not being dramatic here. I absolutely HATE those bands. Hate. Not "strongly dislike" or "really rather not listen to" or anything else. I've been using Pandora since 2008, and have been paying for the ad-free experience for the past few years. I'm quite happy to keep paying for the foreseeable future. I'm literally saying that if I don't hear anything from those two bands - I'm likely to keep paying for my subscription for the next 30 years. I cannot stress enough that if either of those bands shows up on my feed and I'm forced to listen to them that I will be cancelling my subscription and move to another service. I'm an IT professional who is about to finish up a Bachelor's degree in Computer Programming. I can tell you with absolute certainty that there's no reason whatsoever to not fix this. They are literally sacrificing their customers and losing untold amounts of money because they don't want to have one of their staff members who's ALREADY BEING PAID take an afternoon and implement a feature that thousands of people would appreciate, and scores of people have been asking about for the last decade. @Pandora what possible reason could you have for alienating your customers, and neglecting to offer this super simple, easy-to-implement feature that the lack of it is losing you customers on a regular basis?
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