This is a real problem on Tidal. I’ve even seen instances where the singles from an album are on a different profile.
But also there’s loads of AI slop uploaded with the same name as famous artists and that goes on their profiles no problem 
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I wonder how much of this is due to focus on getting things right on Spotify and people not looking after the other platforms? When I’ve worked on campaigns for bigger acts, you end up being completely overwhelmed on release day and it’s so hard to be across everything.
Maybe there’s scope for some audience feedback to the platforms and distributors as they may be oblivious?
On playlist management
I spend a lot of time managing my streaming collection, probably too much, be it playlists or albums. I’ve really appreciated some of the improvements Spotify has made over the years. Unfortunately trying out Qobuz has revealed a lot of shortcomings in that area—both on web and mobile. Here are some things I love about the Spotify experience that Qobuz lacks, making it hard to commit:
Mobile:
- Add to playlist gives you an instant view of what playlists the song or album is already on, as they’re listed at the top
- Playlist order in Add to playlist is dynamic, so recently modified ones are near the top and easy to access without searching
- Add to playlist allows you to add or remove a song or album from multiple lists in the same action before tapping “Done”
Web:
- Side by side view of library and playlist or album view allows for very quick and easy drag & drop into playlists
- Side by side view allows for quick exploration of my playlists and albums when hunting for something
- They’ve made some UX changes I don’t like in the last few years, but trying out a service without side by side has made me appreciate what’s there
Any other streamers align more closely with Spotify in this way? I think Tidal and Deezer on web, if I recall, had a side by side view. I doubt any others would have the same robust mobile playlist features, unfortunately.
did you download a scrobble app or anything to enable it?
Somewhere in the settings you can set up what apps it scobbles.
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Qobuz trial
So far annoying that it doesn’t have entries on any of the streaming aggregator links people use in the new music thread
But also so far has everything I want, seems usable, no big issues. Really easy to switch playback from phone to laptop etc. Find the big HI RES AUDIO label a bit irritating
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Just been approved for an affiliate code so if anyone’s signing up, gimme 5 mins
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I’ve found myself tuning that out quite easily now — also found myself caring which tracks have it and which don’t, as long as I’m listening through my good speakers
Has anyone tried the subscribing via a VPN trick? For example you can get Apple Music via Turkey for a quid a month. I’m not asking for me personally obviously - I’ve just discovered that I may be eligible for a further 6 free months free of Apple Music as an EE customer.
Here’s a free month of QoBuz for anyone considering signing up https://www.awin1.com/cread.php?s=3234640&v=33439&q=447157&r=2069875
(and you’ll be supporting DiS at the same time with this affiliate link)
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Qobuz scrobble annoyance - getting a lot of duplicate plays. Will play an album through once but the first three tracks might get double plays weirdly. Also not a fan of how a track is scrobbled the second you play it, so even if you skip on a second later it still counts
hmm hmmm
Tidal is pretty bad for this as well.
Also can’t “store” them like Spotify would if you have poor / no signal.
Stupid market leader setting unrealistic expectations!
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I’m not sure why but I really had no idea scrobbling was such a core factor for streaming.
I know the DiS crew is maybe not representative of wider audiences but makes me wonder whether Last.fm deserves far more cred
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a lot of us are just too many years deep now to stop - going since 2010 for me
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totally get it, it’s fascinating to see it as a deal breaker for platforms… I wonder if Last.fm and the platforms know about the issue you’re all discussing? They’d probably love to know how they could improve it
2006 here! An uninterrupted 20 years of scrobbling next March 
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Panoscrobbler + signing out of last.fm in the Qobuz app fixes this for me
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One annoyance with YouTube Music is sometimes the search just fails entirely and gives you unrelated YouTube videos and prioritizes podcasts for some reason.
Searching for the new Pacing album:
If you scroll down they offer songs, videos and albums sections without any Pacing stuff apparently included. They don’t even give an artist category on this one for some reason.
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My first scrobble was February 2005! (That’s Not Me by The Beach Boys apparently)
Amusingly, it was Spotify regularly signing me out of last.fm and breaking my scrobbling that caused me to give up on last.fm entirely about 7 or 8 years back
Edit: yeah looks like my last scrobbles were December 2017 after a decade of scrobbling starting in Jan 2007 (first scrobble was Atlantis to Interzone by Klaxons 
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