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Apple Music Was Second Biggest Global Music Streaming Service in 2019
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Do you think Chrome magically appears on Windows? That's right. One has to use Edge/Internet Explorer to download it. Plus, enterprise is mostly Edge/IE.
Full transparency I pay for and use Apple Music because it works well with Siri and my ecosystem - but it’s a terrible terrible UX. Discovery is hard, the playlists that get generated are a mash up mess and the sharing is sad.
I want it to get fixed because I’d like to use the native app but I often find myself using google activity playlists and shared Spotify playlists. Hoping Apple improves this service.
also your own playlist search is terrible if you have more than a few
I want it to get fixed because I’d like to use the native app but I often find myself using google activity playlists and shared Spotify playlists. Hoping Apple improves this service.
also your own playlist search is terrible if you have more than a few
It’s available on all my Apple devices, especially the Apple Watch and Apple TV (as I still don’t have HomePods in my country). It’s integrated with Siri, and I just like keeping it all within the Apple ecosystem.
Perhaps. I am using Soor, a third party Apple Music app and have shortcuts to quickly access certain playlists. I guess that kinda validates your argument somewhat, but I guess I have found a happy middle ground here.
The power of being the default, while pestering the user and upselling the user in multiple places to "sign up".
Imagine if Apple had to do what MS had to do in the 90s and give users the option of installing a competing streaming service and competing music app out of the box.
Imagine if Apple had to do what MS had to do in the 90s and give users the option of installing a competing streaming service and competing music app out of the box.
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Or some of us like Apple Music for our own reasons and it pairs nicely with multiple homepods. To each their own I suppose.
I wanna see the numbers on how much these services pay the artists. Last couple times I’ve checked, Apple Music is by far superior to these other services. With Spotify being the lowest.
Are they still operating in the negative by the way? Or have they finally changed their business model and turned a profit?
Are they still operating in the negative by the way? Or have they finally changed their business model and turned a profit?
You have to realize you're not making any sense. It was simply a bad example. It happens, no big deal. Don't double down. Edge/IE doesn't even have the 2nd largest usage on Windows. That belongs to Firefox.
Like I said, I know what you were trying to convey.
Apple Music Student Subscription includes Apple TV+ and is cheap.
"People have told us over and over and over again, they don’t want to rent their music" - Steve Jobs.
He’s been dead for a long time, things change.
Um. It doesn’t matter because it doesn’t concern you. People have the freedom to choose any service that they chose. Some are for convenience, price, options. Again, it doesn’t concern you and you shouldn’t dictate what someone should choose just because it doesn’t align with your beliefs.
Spotify doesn't have as much stuff, at least compared to Apple Music or YouTube. If you've got Apple devices, Apple Music has the typical ecosystem lock-in perks. YouTube has even rarer songs than Apple does. So I can see why Spotify is #1, but there are places for others.
Then that’s great for you. But it doesn’t mean your inconvenience should dictate what others can or cannot do. This isn’t a “my way or the highway.” Again, if you don’t like it then you shouldn’t be forcing your views on why a household should or shouldn’t use Apple Music.
A married couple can't even trust each other with a shared Apple ID? I agree the whole family sharing stuff is clunky and confusing, which is why my family just shares one single account, but this is a strange complaint.
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Who's forcing anything?
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"Have told us" at least 8.5 years ago.
Like this is rocket science or what? Apple Music works best within the Apple ecosystem. It’s also built in, familiar and some people just prefer it over Spotify.
Apple Music is my ‘go to’, but I do have a subscription with Amazon Prime music, Which I actually really like the new redesigned interface, and they’ve really expanded their library selection terms of music offered. It’s nice to have options when you want it, as I don’t just use Apple Music alone.
Better local media support - not everything I want to listen to is available on Spotify and I don't want to sync my phone to my files like it's 2008.
I don't understand the Tidal disdain. Master Recordings are a game changer to folks like me. Compression sucks.
Everyone I know that uses Spotify only does so because they get 6 month subscription codes for £5 online. I would have thought Spotify would crack down on these but they don’t seem to mind.
I don’t use the Music app any more as I’m sick of the Apple Music nag splash screen you get if you just want to listen to your own cd ripped music - or even just music that you’ve bought from ITMS.
I can't stand Spotify's designs since the early days. Apple Music works seamlessly in iOS and maturing in macOS. There is no interest for me to add a poor architecture code base, pig of a product in Apple ecosystem.
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Funny, I don't ever get this `nag screen.'