That's an interesting view into the inner workings of my favourite music player. However, as a lot of people also comment on the article:<p>The main problem with Spotify shuffle is that it plays the same songs over and over while others remain unheard forever. (Even today and this article is from 2014, as another commenter pointed out)
One thing that bothers me about the way people look at Spotify as outsiders is they only see it as a US platform.<p>Through DistroKid, I have a couple years of data indicating that Spotify is actually a music discovery tool in non-US nations a little more than locally. Most of this research corresponds to personal marketing efforts. There are indications I've found that Spotify's efforts outside of the US are likely more beneficial to Artists than might be thought of in a traditional sense.<p>Glad they posted this kind of "under the hood" rationale. It's a lot like a Director's Commentary on a Film to me, hope you see it the same way. Nothing's perfect, but explaining the logic is nice to see attempted.
Why don't they just do it the way WinAmp did it? You actually produce a single shuffled result of your entire playlist and then just go through it in order. It means that every song will eventually get played, and you won't have repeats until you've fully gone through the playlist.