• GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    5 months ago

    True random shuffle would be a terrible idea. No one wants the same track showing up multiple times in a row, which would not be uncommon in true random shuffle.

    • Pelicanen@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      16
      ·
      5 months ago

      I think the idea is that the play order for the entire playlist is shuffled on each loop, so you play all songs in one order, then it shuffles, and you play all songs again but in a different order.

    • doctordevice@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      5 months ago

      I disagree that that’s what it means, IMO “shuffle” explicitly means each track exactly once. Pedantry aside, what I meant was a truly randomized order when you shuffle a playlist. It’s a major critique of Spotify among users and has been for a very long time.

    • intensely_human@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      5 months ago

      You can make a truly random shuffle that doesn’t do that in like five pibes of code. This is the most pointless objection to random shuffle that I’ve ever seen.