If everything Apple does is that bad, why do they have the most revenue and cash in the IT industry? So the positive spin is not far from the truth.
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Apple Music Beats Spotify in Monthly Unique Users Thanks to 3-Month Free Trial
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If everything Apple does is that bad, why do they have the most revenue and cash in the IT industry? So the positive spin is not far from the truth.
Seriously?
I had Spotify for about 2 years. Then got a 2 years free subsrciption for Deezer.
Both worked very well. After Deezer I now tried Apple Music. And wow. It is so damn slow.
The UI sucks to the bone. I don't want to speak about Sonos either. The Sonos integration is so awfull.
Definitly going to switch back to Deezer.
I had Spotify for about 2 years. Then got a 2 years free subsrciption for Deezer.
Both worked very well. After Deezer I now tried Apple Music. And wow. It is so damn slow.
The UI sucks to the bone. I don't want to speak about Sonos either. The Sonos integration is so awfull.
Definitly going to switch back to Deezer.
Had Spotify free for 6 months from my ISP. Used it twice and it was just woeful. Couldn't find anything I was looking for so gave up. Thought Apple Music would be the same but it was simple to use and had everything I like plus integrated with my very large iTunes Match library flawlessly. I now have an Apple Music family subscription.
Also, Spotify has 50 million paying customers, not users overall. So the number is actually around 30% according to this article. Or, the article is just wildly wrong, which seems far more likely.
Have never had enough problems with Spotify to contemplate dumping it. Plus I went from paying £9.99/month for premium to £2.50/month after splitting a family account with 5 friends so... there's absolutely zero motivation to jump ship currently.
Apple has had more than enough of my money. Until it starts making things I actually want (NEW DESKTOPS FFS) it's not getting any more of it either.
Apple has had more than enough of my money. Until it starts making things I actually want (NEW DESKTOPS FFS) it's not getting any more of it either.
It's intersting that a company that was far ahead in user experience and user interface design AND had the best application for digital music successfully beat all that was good out of their product.
The current state of iTunes and Apple Music is just embarassing and Spotify wins hands down.
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Well, what's not ?
While Spotify's UI isn't the best it is actually usable, while Apple Music's GUI just sucks. Playlists on Spotify are much better balanced and you can share them with friends - there's a playlist for everything. Apple Music's curated content seems to focus on stuff that I just don't listen to (Gangsta Rap and that crap), so all that Beats radio thing has no value for me - but to each their own.
Furthermore Spotify creates individual weekly playlists that actually reflect my taste of music while Apple Music's recommendations are crap. Which is interesting, as Apple owns all my music data since about a decade, so they should be able to learn from that quite well.
Besides other nuisances like Apple Music's tendency to break your music library.
The current state of iTunes and Apple Music is just embarassing and Spotify wins hands down.
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Well, what's not ?
While Spotify's UI isn't the best it is actually usable, while Apple Music's GUI just sucks. Playlists on Spotify are much better balanced and you can share them with friends - there's a playlist for everything. Apple Music's curated content seems to focus on stuff that I just don't listen to (Gangsta Rap and that crap), so all that Beats radio thing has no value for me - but to each their own.
Furthermore Spotify creates individual weekly playlists that actually reflect my taste of music while Apple Music's recommendations are crap. Which is interesting, as Apple owns all my music data since about a decade, so they should be able to learn from that quite well.
Besides other nuisances like Apple Music's tendency to break your music library.
Not if you slice it as market share / units.
Last quarter (Q1 2017), Apple was on top of this chart, before Samsung, despite an almost triple average selling price.
That's what domination looks like.
This study is funny, it only points out how dominant Spotify is.
I think a lot of people try Apple Music because ads are everywhere, Music app included (I wonder why there aren't ads in my refrigerator yet). There's 1-3 months trial so why not but then they unsubscribe.
The reason? Music app is god-awful but I have to admit it has much improved in iOS 10. Unfortunately it's nowhere near Spotify which offers state of the art music experience and incredibly convenient interface.
- Highest stickiness rate, aka avarage % of all users that use app daily.
- By far highest amount of listening sessions per month per user (51 sessions, so about 1.66 music sessions per day per user) compared to Apple's 12 (aka once in three days per user).
- 55% of Spotify users use mobile-only because it is available also on PS4 and various other devices. Compared to Apple's 100% mobile which indicates iTunes is so marginalized it almost doesn't exist (what a surprise).
I think a lot of people try Apple Music because ads are everywhere, Music app included (I wonder why there aren't ads in my refrigerator yet). There's 1-3 months trial so why not but then they unsubscribe.
The reason? Music app is god-awful but I have to admit it has much improved in iOS 10. Unfortunately it's nowhere near Spotify which offers state of the art music experience and incredibly convenient interface.
Actually, this is the problem. It's like these "bubbles" people live in on the internets when it comes to news and information. I don't want to just listen to the music I've heard a thousand times before, I want to be challenged and surprised.
Even if one uses the functions in all the music services that supposedly matches music "just for you", it's still only quite close to what I would listen to anyways.
"Despite its lead over Apple Music, Spotify is taking cues from Apple. "
But there certainly is a singular Cue they'll never, never take...
The guy just doesn't get it.
These statistics are just embarrassing - only winning the free tier while preinstalled on billions of devices by default, and endless ad budgets...
But there certainly is a singular Cue they'll never, never take...
The guy just doesn't get it.
These statistics are just embarrassing - only winning the free tier while preinstalled on billions of devices by default, and endless ad budgets...
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Read every reply and I still don't understand what you guys like about Spotify. I've tried to like it on iPhone, Android, Mac, PS3, and PS4 and I'm much happier with apple music.
This is great!
why are you all seriously so mad..again.
It's great and it's not like Spotify is any damn better. They both have flaws but they do the same thing well.
Its so much better than Apple Music its genuinely embarrassing for Apple. The UI is better (even on Apples own platforms!), it has collaborative playlists (AM doesn't), its available on numerous devices from phones to playstations and don't get me started on the hideous stark white UI design, what is Apples obsession with everything being white ??!
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Put mine in the bath on the reg.
Really? They never really do much with it. I honestly expected it to be lower than it is...
Apple Music doesn't have the highest number of paid subscribers compared to Spotify, but it does have an edge up on its competitors -- a higher number of monthly unique users on mobile devices, thanks to its generous three-month free trial.
What kind of "edge" is free? If that is an advantage then Apple should give away it's other products too. But Apple's goal is to get paid subscribers so the key metric is the conversion rate, not how many people are using Apple Music during a trial period.
I mean, in honor of baseball season starting up, the above is like saying the score is Spotify 3, Apple 2, but Apple has 5 hits in the game to Spotify's 2.
I agree with your post, and that has been my experience as well. I listen to some obscure prog rock, and when I learn of bands that are new to me, Apple music seems to have the albums.
And Apple Music is available there for how long? If you extrapolate it is actually leading by a big margin.
Dude it's a joke now. So glad I'm not sucked into paid services just to listen to my favorite songs. Good luck with that$$$$$
Spotify is the new Samsung lol Traffic Jams??? Really? kinda sad and a tad embarrassing for them. I don't even like Carpool Karaoke but that is just sad.
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Apple music is a nice service and I am enjoying it BUT I am back in college for a career change so I get the student price of $4.99. I will not be a customer at the regular rate. not worth it.