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This book is better than I thought. The authors at times feel painfully disconnected from how tech actually works, which I at first saw as a weakness, but now read as a strength. Most people don’t know how the tech they use works, and I think the academic treatment is interesting. I’d like to see an updated edition tho.

page 71 -they describe their process putting music on Spotify for purposes of documenting its trajectory. they “were thereby approaching and learning about the service in similar ways as aspiring musicians”. hm no … it’s clear they didn’t speak to a single actual musician about
thus process. kind of hilarious and performance arty but in no way what an actual musician would do

This book is so far more interesting than I thought it would be.

Both from the standpoint of learning more about Spotify and in their approach which is equal parts fascinating and absurd.

I really enjoyed the historical context of the very early days of Spotify. I don’t speak Swedish so having the summary of some of the earliest history was very cool.

I thought as a Spotify employee it would be interesting to read how some people outside or Spotify think it works. In my experience this type of academic tech exposé is almost never as satisfying as it could be, usually because the academics don’t really understand the tech, but too early to tell