Spotify’s is giving you the keys to its recommendation algorithm with US launch of ‘Taste Profile’
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Letting users see and edit their ‘Taste Profile’ is a shift from opaque recommender systems to co-piloted curation. Any product leaning on personalization should expect rising pressure for user controls — and the teams that expose simple, legible knobs will collect better data and more trust.
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