Random/shuffle essentially works by adding together a few random pieces of data from each track and then playing them in that order.
So ridiculously simply example = modification date -37 + creation date +2 * number of times played/3 + the mean temperature on the day you first acquired it *43 = ?
And that's called an algorithm.
The relevance of each factor chosen, the number of factors chosen, how they are treated and an understanding of what gives the best illusion of randomness lead to the best algorithm. It's still not random, but it may be perceived as such. "Perceived" because 'random' cannot actually exist.
I don't use Amazon, but I have heard comments that it is not the best algorithm in the business.
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