Me and my 9 pals.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
apple music just deleted a saved playlist while i was listening to it. in the middle of playing a song. these poll results are correct.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 03:48 (nine years ago) link
Looks like Apple have a lot of work to do
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 14:30 (nine years ago) link
AA, you've had more problems with AM than anyone I know. I'm worried that if you continue to use AM, you will be winked out of existence. Please back yourself up.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
I'm going with google play for now. Somewhat comically, the search function is its main drawback right now. It often shows me stuff I didn't ask for (like totally different artists from the one I searched for) and they mysteriously removed all genres. I think they're bringing them back soon though. There's no curation at the moment but after trying to get along with apple for a while now I'd say it's all for the better. Plus, you can upload 50 000 tracks for free. That sure helps.
― longneck, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 15:20 (nine years ago) link
Somewhat comically, the search function is its main drawback right now.
Lol yeah I use Google Play too and the search function is close to useless. You'd really think that'd be one thing Google wouldn't have a problem with. I've been a bit surprised at the mostly positive comments about it in these threads actually. I'm using the free tier for the ability to store 50,000 of my own tracks in the cloud -- it's nice to be able to stream my library though Sonos without the computer having to be on -- and I'd also expected to use it as a quick way to swap music in and out of my phone without having to sync to iTunes, but in addition to the search issue the UI on the iOS app is just terrible. So painful to scroll through artists in those big bubbles (which I often have to do since search doesn't work). There's no way I'd pay for this with the app in the condition it's in now. Also I can't help feeling that on the occasions I do use the app to play music on my phone it sounds very slightly less clear than other apps -- though that may be a purely psychological response to my annoyance with it.
― early rejecter, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
unbelievable to me how many basic design flaws these services have, considering what's at stake
― it me, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
I was going to give Spotify another chance but you still can't search local files on the desktop. They promised this would be fixed in a future version but it's been 6 months.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
spotify's good at encouraging people to vote up suggested improvements into what seems to be a graveyard of suggested improvements. but then i see stuff like discover weekly and fresh finds, and all's forgiven.
otm. i'd reset my phone and itunes database if i thought it'd help, but i don't think it'd help.
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
My problem is that this was a functioning part of the desktop app that I used everyday and they just removed it one day. Now I have to scroll through thousands of songs by title? It's absurd.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 22:58 (nine years ago) link
Most of their developers probably use the desktop version but how many have local files on their work computers? Just sayin..
― transparent play for gifs (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
I guess most people just don't have their own files anymore.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 23:20 (nine years ago) link
^^^ I find this insane btw
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Thursday, 27 August 2015 16:22 (nine years ago) link
What is Apple's coverage like for classical music and dance music? Spotify is pretty great for the former and very patchy for the latter - suppose it depends on how many smaller labels Apple have on board?
― Matt DC, Friday, 28 August 2015 07:26 (nine years ago) link
<3 apple music great service
― hunangarage, Friday, 28 August 2015 07:28 (nine years ago) link
hey bono
― nashwan, Friday, 28 August 2015 09:55 (nine years ago) link
Spotify has been fantastic for finding recordings of a lot of the choral music I've sung over the years, as evidenced by my Unbelievable Choral Works playlist
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Friday, 28 August 2015 15:36 (nine years ago) link
link pls
― List of people who are ready for woe and how we know this (seandalai), Friday, 28 August 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link
Some Dylan songs I couldn't find on Spotify but are on Apple Music: Positively 4th StreetCan You Please Crawl Out Window?
― Bon Iver Meets G.I. Joe (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 06:55 (nine years ago) link
and seems to be a lot more Dylan. Perhaps this was already discussed on a Dylan thread
― Bon Iver Meets G.I. Joe (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 07:09 (nine years ago) link
apple music seems to enjoy replacing album art with mystery dylan.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 07:28 (nine years ago) link
seriously apple music is fucking weird who even though this was a good idea
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 8 September 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
iTunes has always been bad at album art. Granted, it's a tough job, but you'd think they would at least get the artist right.
― skip, Tuesday, 8 September 2015 19:28 (nine years ago) link
https://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/6bWnlWmCk45LxCffWeTSpR
Sorry, just saw the request for that spotify playlist. Hope you're still interested, sendalai!
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
still not having any of these issues Autumn has with apple music.
― akm, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 17:47 (nine years ago) link
Autumn, have you double-checked to make sure the "Turn Apple Music Into A Broken Nightmare" toggle is off?
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 9 September 2015 18:23 (nine years ago) link
damn toggle keeps turning self back on
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
last week i thought "hey maybe it's safe to try this thing again" and it had deleted another 60-odd tracks
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 22:43 (nine years ago) link
Turned off the auto-renew and shut it all down. No thanks.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 9 September 2015 23:04 (nine years ago) link
how do you turn off autorenew again? i turned off "show apple music" in prefs
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 10 September 2015 07:13 (nine years ago) link
app store -> apple id -> view apple id -> subscriptions -> manage
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 10 September 2015 07:43 (nine years ago) link
So Spotify is way better for making my own playlists and seeing shared playlists - albeit with virtually no reasonable access to my own files (this wasn't a problem before the change 6 mos ago). Also, Discover Weekly is good - although more as just a personalized radio station.
However, Apple music's "For You" playlists are *really* good. They're like comps I would have actually bought back in the old days. I've saved a lot of them for future listening. I'm so used to doing my own curation, either through my own files or Spotify, that it's strange to give up control and just play something curated by someone else. I guess it's another case of letting go and just letting Apple take care of things which has been an ultimately freeing experience for other things.
I'll have to decide whether I miss the control, but I think I'm ultimately listening more with Apple Music and feeling like I have new comps I'm looking forward to actually listening to (instead of always feeling like I still have a comp to make myself - which of course I never listen to once I make it).
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 10 September 2015 23:49 (nine years ago) link
All that said, I'm still on the fence.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 11 September 2015 00:02 (nine years ago) link
my three months is up. def sticking w spotify
― Spottie, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:38 (eight years ago) link
I never tried apple music so cant compare it to Spotify but I'm happy enough with it though I dont really use it a lot anymore. I still get my tenners worth
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 16:41 (eight years ago) link
Going with Apple Music. Spotify lost me when it lost stars. And the inability to load my local files.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 17:41 (eight years ago) link
let me know what you think in a few months
― Spottie, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 18:45 (eight years ago) link
no way I'm going over till they up the match limit to 100k songs tho.
― Spottie, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
I'm digging Apple Music so far. Wish it had a standalone desktop client like Spotify's though.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
isnt that what iTunes is tho?
― Spottie, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
itunes sucks
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:48 (eight years ago) link
It's Apple Music + a million other things (podcasts, ios apps, a file library, etc.). The user experience is much worse than using the Apple Music app itself.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 19:53 (eight years ago) link
True
― Spottie, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
Apple Music on an iPhone is a seamless joy to use. But iTunes takes soooooooo long to load on my computer, it's a headache. Spotify was slow, too, though, so it's an easy decision. Sticking with Apple Music as the free trial ends.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 20:13 (eight years ago) link
my spotify playlists will still exist if I cut back from paid to unpaid, right?
― banned on ixlor (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 29 September 2015 21:57 (eight years ago) link
yes
― Cosmic Slop, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
Apple Music on an iPhone is a seamless joy to use.
are we using the same apple music because mine literally steps out of my phone and punches me in the face
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 29 September 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
AA, you should start an "Apple Music Is Out To Get Me" blog
― I Am Curious (Dolezal) (DJP), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 13:21 (eight years ago) link
Somehow this pile of dog feces has gotten worse with 9.0. I have to *continually* check show "only offline music" whenever I make a change to my library. And then there are the times when it just stops responding. And then there are the times when I try download an album that is on pre-order with available singles and just...nothing happens...
― calstars, Thursday, 1 October 2015 01:04 (eight years ago) link
Ya'll using windows? Aside from an occasional hiccup streaming tracks it's been pretty stable for while now for me on mac.I don't think anyone can save incomplete/unreleased albums, just the individual singles as they're released.
― dutch_justice, Thursday, 1 October 2015 03:25 (eight years ago) link