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It doesn't if you don't use services and algorithyms.. But damn crap like Spotify is popular. I would never, but it's like they hand it out when you turn 5 and say this is the default!
I haven't used it for a while, but I remember Spotify recommending some pretty neat and niche stuff. It just really depends what you feed it to begin with.
If you start with "Popular top 40 corporate-bred pop artist of the month", it will swiftly taylor the algorithm to more of the same, and once it's got an idea it mostly goes one direction and it's really difficult to get it to recommend other styles that aren't Harry.
Fun puns and anecdotal evidence aside: Spotify sucks especially because of how it pays artists next to nothing.
I personally skim Freegal from my local library, Bandcamp on Fridays, and buy MP3s from 7 Digital if I want to support the artist. (I don't know 7 Digital's revenue take, but I at least get to own the music forever, and in FLAC if I want!)