Mood, music and money: what our Spotify playlists reveal about the emotional nature of financial markets In 2014, Spotify tweaked their algorithm to make shuffle seem more random. The problem is true randomness means the same song might sometimes play repeatedly. Shuffle is essentially a random number generator that picks the next songs based on chance. It served as a staple for Spotify’s largest competitor Apple, via iTunes and long-forgotten devices such as the iPod and iPod shuffle. In the early 1980s, shuffle was available on CD players and MP3 players. Spotify’s shuffle button randomises songs.
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