I've been a music teacher for over a decade, and I keep noticing how streaming platforms push algorithms over actual musical exploration. When I ask my students what they listened to this week, they almost always name the same top 40 hits, not because they love them, but because that's what autoplay serves them. So here's my question: is the convenience of streaming services actually narrowing our musical tastes into a feedback loop, or do we still have the freedom to discover diverse genres if we actively seek them out?