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
so happy to ditch this piece of shit
i'd pay like $2 a month for the "For You" though, maybe
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 1 October 2015 12:14 (eight years ago) link
Just tried to cancel Spotify and got a 500 Internal Server Error. Conspiracy.
― Jeff, Thursday, 1 October 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
Worked the second time. See you never, Spotify.
― Jeff, Thursday, 1 October 2015 13:45 (eight years ago) link
apple music's cancel function worked flawlessly for me
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 1 October 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
Anyone know when Apple is upping itunes Match to 100,000 songs? Still 25,000 according to this page: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146
― Position Position, Thursday, 1 October 2015 18:15 (eight years ago) link
article on cnet:
Why I ditched Apple Music for Spotifyhttp://www.cnet.com/news/apple-music-vs-spotify/
― djmartian, Monday, 5 October 2015 13:26 (eight years ago) link
We need glenn macintosh to come on this thread to defend Apple Music.
― Alone Again XOR (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 October 2015 14:08 (eight years ago) link
Yeah. Bring it on, alternate-universe me.
― glenn mcdonald, Monday, 5 October 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
her 'short playlists' complaint is a personal taste issue. if you want longer playlists, download more playlists ffs.
her problem with being introduced to her favourite artists is otm though. it's like the service really wants us to know it's a bit average at curation.
community, eh, it's coming. nobody just erects a community that works on day one. they'll get there. feels like a weak criticism tbh.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 5 October 2015 22:48 (eight years ago) link
Does Apple music have artist curated playlists like Spotify? It's the best thing
― brimstead, Monday, 5 October 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
Like Chelsea Wolfe will have a playlist "what I've been listening to this month" or something
pretty sure that's what the artist-curated radio shows on Beats 1 are supposed to be - each of those radio shows' tracklistings (like St Vincent's, or Drake's) is in effect its own playlist, with "add" buttons next to each song
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 00:48 (eight years ago) link
apple music is slanted towards apple hardware though? if so, for community purposes (ilm playlists) spotify seems a better choice?
― niels, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 07:46 (eight years ago) link
oh for sure! you can't even share playlists with others on apple music afaik
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 09:54 (eight years ago) link
saying "don't worry, the community aspects will come" is pretty weak imo - this ain't rehearsal
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 09:55 (eight years ago) link
by that i mean it's not just a matter of going off and ~doing~ a community. it makes sense to get a feel for how people will use a service before trying to cultivate something like that, especially if you're apple and your previous attempts have been sort of hilarious.
iovine (?) indicated in a recent interview that they're going to build the social-type features over time rather than driving headlong into it.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link
and tbf if they're going to get one thing right it should be the playing music part
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 10:10 (eight years ago) link
I've gone for Spotify in the end. I'd happily pay a few quid a month for the 'For You' playlists, but everything else is a mess. Another big factor is the ongoing non-appearance of the Android app. Is that any closer to reality?
― Poacher (Chinaski), Sunday, 11 October 2015 15:01 (eight years ago) link
I'm amazed they're even bothering with an Android app. Surely the whole point is to drive sales of iPhones?
― Matt DC, Sunday, 11 October 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
itunes store on android without apple music doesn't make any sense if you're betting that the future of music is streaming.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 11 October 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
I'm keeping both for the moment - the extravagance of it!
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 11 October 2015 21:46 (eight years ago) link
Don't purchase much recorded music any more- do go to shows and occasionally buy CDs directly from the artist, so I am keeping both as well for now.
― Take 36, Where Are You? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 12 October 2015 01:48 (eight years ago) link
lol Luna.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 12 October 2015 08:16 (eight years ago) link
I'm skinto this year so needed to make that break - even a tenner a month is going to BURN. My loyalty is to Spotify, so that's where the cash is going. For now.
― Poacher (Chinaski), Monday, 12 October 2015 15:46 (eight years ago) link
Possibly a deal breaker for Apple Music - if you cancel or let your paid membership lapse, then " If you lapse on your membership, you have a limited time before you would lose access to your music." This is unlike spotify where if you stop paying, you still have your playlists etc.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 16 October 2015 16:15 (eight years ago) link
Extortion! Fuck apple music!
― Cosmic Slop, Friday, 16 October 2015 16:57 (eight years ago) link
Just got a clarification that it's 90 days after cancellation.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 16 October 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
"If you stop paying for this storage space, we will throw your stuff out and give the space to someone else" is not extortion
― brimstead, Friday, 16 October 2015 21:36 (eight years ago) link
This isn't really about the storage space, this is about building up playlists, saving playlists, sharing playlists etc that all goes away if you don't pay. I think they should maintain the playlists but have the unavailable songs greyed out - would encourage people to resubscribe and they wouldn't lose any work they've put into it.
― Spencer Chow, Friday, 16 October 2015 22:56 (eight years ago) link
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/10/20/apple_music_has_6_5_million_subscribers_does_that_make_it_a_failure.html
― schwantz, Tuesday, 20 October 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
Google is about to announce ad free Youtube "Red" which will include Google Play Music.
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 18:50 (eight years ago) link
'redtube' is already a thing i'm p sure
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 19:01 (eight years ago) link
http://thenextweb.com/google/2015/10/21/heres-why-youtube-red-named-its-product-that/
tl;dr they know about redtube and they're like eh
― Autumn Almanac, Wednesday, 21 October 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
“As we talked to users and fans in our studies, the term ‘red’ is often associated with YouTube. It has a lot of meaning in terms of love and the red carpet.”
this guy's salary is probably more than my house
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 21 October 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link