I agree 100% with this. Ever since Pandora's station shuffle began to experience severe repetitions a few times these past couple of years (shuffles always beginning with the same stations every time; an issue that was seemingly fixed each time), I have noticed a trend toward a more global repetition of songs in my grand shuffle. I even have different shuffles on different (family) accounts so I can vary what types of grand shuffles I listen to. It's interesting that @tsikows wrote this yesterday. Last night as I was listening to one of my shuffles I thought basically the same thing.... "this is really getting ridiculous. i'm going to have to start thinking about doing without Pandora, it just isn't worth it any more.... maybe I can find a way on Apple to get some variety of mixed playlists." So after I don't know how many years here (over 10 years for sure), I'm looking toward ending my subscription. It will be hard because I have always been a loyal Pandora listener/supporter — often annoying people at parties or otherwise by describing my Pandora shuffle curation process and why I think Pandora is such a great service, blahblahblah. I have always justified my use of Pandora because of the Music Genome algorithm (despite Pandora having one of the lowest royalty rates for songwriters in digital music; Pandora is "radio" so they pay terrestrial radio rates). I've continued subscribing to Pandora over the years because I have discovered so much new music from what the algorithm comes up with based on my stations. I'm "OK" with the paltry royalty rates because it has actually just been a really, really good radio station that plays a mix of music I choose! I'm my own DJ, with the help of the algorithm. I've always felt that the grand station shuffle was Pandora's super power — the thing that sets it apart and really makes it worth subscribing to. From my view over the years, however, Pandora has not marketed (or improved) its super power, and has only tried to make their service be like the other streaming services; which it clearly has been unable to do. Perhaps all of this has come after it was purchased by Sirius. Maybe there is some corporate M.O. at Sirius to see Pandora fail; I don't know. I'll wait a few to see where this thread leads... but it is not currently the same service it has been over the years. I don't know the reasons why this is; I just know it is getting to the point that it's not worth what I pay, and perhaps I can figure out how to get something similar from Apple, which I also pay for. Please fix this! Please tell the corporate overlords at Sirius why Pandora is different and worth investing in. I'm happy to talk with/write anyone about this. Thanks! cc: @AlyssaPandora and @AdamPandora
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