So connect is actually a good idea with terrible implementation. Right now it offers a Twitter , Instagram Hybrid. What it should really do is mimick Soundcloud as artist post you should be able to add shared material to playlist. It's very frustrating to listen on connect and navigate back to it. Additionally they could have easily integrated a discover weekly/ follow friends aspect. People love to be the "DJ" and send friends playlist but being able to follow people with similar taste would make connect useful.
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Eight Months Later, Apple Music Connect Still 'Fails Miserably' at Social
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What I've done is find the genre pages I like, use the share button to get a link to those pages, then set up a series of bookmarks in my browser. It makes the connect feed unnecessary.
The only way to be perpetually successful and improving is to never lose the hunger. Apple became satiated long ago.
Apple's app is just not user friendly. I don't understand how a big company like apple can't figure out how to make a good music app.
The smart thing for Apple to do is recognize Connect as Ping 2.0 and discontinue it and never attempt another social network for music again. Social networking is just something Apple will never understand or be good at, they really need to focus on other areas they excel at. But knowing Apple and since they wasted a few billion dollars buying Beats, they will continue to throw money at the problem. The worst part about the Connect feature is that it's completely baked into the Music app. Another useless tab that can't be replaced or rearranged.
The music app peaked in iOS 6, perfect app all around. The iOS 7-8.3 versions were definitely inferior to what came before, but they were definitely leaps and bounds better than what was ultimately introduced in iOS 8.4 and beyond. No longer was the music app about storing your own music library on your iPhone and having it double as an iPod player, all of those features have been severely fractured, diminished and shoved into one measly bottom bar tab (that's now completely un-customizable). If you're not a subscriber to Apple Music, 90% of the current stock music app features are unusable. It effectively becomes an advertisement (in a similar manner to Microsoft bloatware) for a streaming service and anything related to locally storing your own music is now sidelined.
I think it's obvious that Apple doesn't give a crap about standalone iPods anymore, but the iPod functionality on iOS didn't have to suffer because of it. One of the biggest draws to the iPhone for most, definitely for me, was the fact that you could also use it adequately as an iPod. Ironically, Apple Music is one of the things keeping me from considering another iPhone again. I really want Apple to improve the default music app, make it functionally more like its predecessors, spin off the streaming and radio functions into separate apps. But knowing Apple, they'll be too proud to admit they screwed up the app and carry on as if the complaints and criticisms of millions of loyal users go ignored and disregarded.
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The sad thing is, they used to make amazing music apps, then iOS 7 happened...
You can turn off Apple Music Connect in Restrictions. Then you get a "Playlists" Button instead
Useful tip, though I notice I had a playlist button anyway. Turning off Apple Music Connect in Restrictions just removes the Connect button. Still worth doing.
It was neat to pull and old iPhone 3G out of the drawer the other day, charge it up, and look at iOS 4.2.1. Down there in the corner of the homepage was an 'iPod' app. Not Music, but iPod. Simple interface, too.
The blunders Apple makes are becoming increasingly predictable. That this company with massive wealth, an embarrassment of riches in terms of talented people and experience, makes one wonder just what is it that prevents them from doing good work.
Do they have such poor morale within the ranks that discourages success? Are the Execs such acerbic leaders it's a near revolt each day? Is it all the bragging, the congratulatory articles and puff pieces galore that isolate the big boys from the minions? Perhaps the sheer depth and breath of their narcissism is taking its toll.
As someone else put it, we're seeing a repeat of the 1990s here: bloated product lines and the need to have a presence in categories where they simply don't belong. Because Apple is trying to do too much now, they spread out their resources so thin which limits the focus and attention to quality and detail that were part of the legacy of the Jobs era. At least they can absorb all that now due to their immense cash reserves and the reputation built under Jobs's tenure.
The Apple Music app represents a lot of what is currently wrong in Cupertino: it's a convoluted mess, not well thought-out or designed and tries to do too much when all it should be is a beautifully simple iPod player on your iOS device.
Sorry for asking - i've been trying to find 'Restrictions' but I simply can't find it. I really want to turn off Connect - what crap to bloat Apple Music with
Thank you in advance for any help!
Thank you in advance for any help!
You can turn off Apple Music Connect in Restrictions. Then you get a "Playlists" Button instead
Yeah, because $0.0072 per stream is WAY too much money for musicians. At your price it would be $0.0000595$ per stream. Profit!!!
What they need to do is give up on the iCloud sync or implement a "incorrect sync, use actual local file" option.
We agree here.
I quietly hope they're just having fun waiting for the inevitable Samsung Car, Xiaomi Car, Huawei Car etc. (same as Android Wear came out way before Apple Watch), while working on something much more sensible. Like Mac Pro or Thunderbolt Display update maybe? No, just kidding.
In iOS it comes under Settings / General / Restrictions.Sorry for asking - i've been trying to find 'Restrictions' but I simply can't find it. I really want to turn off Connect - what crap to bloat Apple Music with
Thank you in advance for any help!
On the Mac or PC you can find it under Preferences in iTunes.
I have removed every trace of Apple Music on iTunes and it looks so much cleaner and streamlined which really speaks volumes considering how bloated iTunes has become in recent years. At least now, the app feels bit less clunky and more focused on my personal music library.
I happen to like the idea of a central location for all things Apple Music (library, store, social, streaming).
I just wish Apple 'got' social. Had this been a success I had hopes DJs would use the upload feature to post their live sets. And then stop using SoundCloud. The functionality is there, it's just not easy to use or popular.
I just wish Apple 'got' social. Had this been a success I had hopes DJs would use the upload feature to post their live sets. And then stop using SoundCloud. The functionality is there, it's just not easy to use or popular.
I thought connect was going to kill soundcloud but a lack of social interaction/integration makes it kind of gives it a bloatware feel.
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Yes, was looking for a "premium" soundcloud experience with connect but feels forced and borderline useless
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Yes, was looking for a "premium" soundcloud experience with connect but feels forced and borderline useless
THIS! I don't know why there isn't split view so I can jump to a new album or playlist with easy.
Doubtful that will ever happen. Music on SoundCloud can be played by anyone with an internet connection while music uploaded to Connect is only available to Apple Music subscribers.
I used to listed to ITunes radio. Loved it. Now they want me to pay $10 for something that was free, so I switched to Amazon Music (Free with Prime). All the UI changes won't fix this.