Broadcast Radios (FM and AM) did a much better job. Their music was real and each station was more or less an algorithm.
There were ads, but as you mention, people don't seem to care much.
The quality check was the non personalized streams cathered to please its audience and competition among stations. So, the solution is to kill targeted algorithms and monopolies, ha.
I dislike ads even more than slop. Ads drove me to change stations to music I didn't care for and listen to the same CDs more times than I would have otherwise. Ads made broadcast radio unplayable as interaction-free background music.
There were ads, but as you mention, people don't seem to care much.
The quality check was the non personalized streams cathered to please its audience and competition among stations. So, the solution is to kill targeted algorithms and monopolies, ha.