Can we get star ratings back in apple music? so annoying that its gone.
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Jimmy Iovine on the Future of Apple Music: 'We're Building the Right Hybrid'
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In other words: "We've got great innovation in the pipeline."
Sounds familiar
Or, "We cracked it (in regard to appletv)." Didn't happen either.
In other words: "We've got great innovation in the pipeline."
Sounds familiar
We really need to be Sherlock Homes to discover what anyone actual means at Apple. When I saw "hybrid" I thought they would be doing Apple music in the car but then..the car is up in the air.
i Guess you based that on his own rants - Respect? Nope!
All I want is to be able to customize the dock of my music app and hide the iCloud purchases fluff and listen to my local music only. The current music app is very very unfriendly to users who don't use Apple Music.
"we'll build a music service that is technologically and culturally adept."
This. So much this. I thought I was the only one having an issue with his stream of consciousness word jumble. People really don't talk like that... do they?
Would have been better as a southern baptist sermon.
And what we're going to do {pauses, looks a congregation}
What we're doing now {pauses}
That hasn't been revealed yet {wipes brow, looks back at choir director and winks}
/watches carefully to make sure the collection plate hits ever aisle
Is we're building the right hybrid. {congregation says amen}
And we believe it's the right hybrid {congregation says amen even louder. Has no idea what he's talking about}
/points finger at usher for missing an aisle. Usher has to go back
{Voice rising louder}And the combination of these things together {More amens... still no clue}
{Voice crescendo}We'll build a music service that is technologically and culturally adept.
/congregation goes silent
/burns Iovine at the stake for witchcraft.
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I just wish Apple Music would follow the iOS 9 method of playing songs. For example, say I chose the artist Sia and there is a section that says songs. It's a list of her songs of course. I tap on songs, expanding the list, then choose the first song. I can then skip to the next song or it will play it automatically. On iOS 10, I can only choose that one song. I have to manually choose the next song, and then the next. Annoying.
Frankly I'm tired of "Apple Music". Apple Music has ruined a lot of what I like about listening to music on my phone. The app has been ugly ever since iOS 7, but even uglier since they brought in Apple Music. I long for the simplicity of the iOS 6 music app, and have installed a third party app (Cesium) to come closer to that. But even Cesium isn't perfect.
They should split away the music service from the core "iPod" functionality that the iPhone had from the beginning. And improve the damn look and performance of the Music app. Scrolling through my collection is jittery and laggy even ON A BRAND NEW IPHONE 7 PLUS. That should tell you something about how craptacularly badly optimized the app is.
Sorry for the rant, but it's just been getting on my nerves. Apple has gotten so much right with iOS, but they've screwed up Music and that should be something core to the company that they should do right.
EDIT: I should add that both Google Play Music and spotify have a nicer interface than Apple Music. Kind of depressing that these two third party services look and work better on the iPhone than Apple's own app!
They should split away the music service from the core "iPod" functionality that the iPhone had from the beginning. And improve the damn look and performance of the Music app. Scrolling through my collection is jittery and laggy even ON A BRAND NEW IPHONE 7 PLUS. That should tell you something about how craptacularly badly optimized the app is.
Sorry for the rant, but it's just been getting on my nerves. Apple has gotten so much right with iOS, but they've screwed up Music and that should be something core to the company that they should do right.
EDIT: I should add that both Google Play Music and spotify have a nicer interface than Apple Music. Kind of depressing that these two third party services look and work better on the iPhone than Apple's own app!
It is very, very unfriendly to those users who do use Apple Music, too!!
Pretty much this. I would love if the iPod app returns for Music and Music Videos and make Apple Music an standalone app.
As someone whose music library got totally screwed up by iCloud Music Library when I tried Apple Music, I hear ya. So much horrible fail. (and yes, thankfully I had a backup. <3 backups. Worship backups. Backups are The Way.)
That's why I just spent all that time figuring out how to unsubscribe from Apple Music, hide Apple Connect and Radio... Still haven't found how to hide Radio...
I really miss Steve, Scott and iOS 5.
I really miss Steve, Scott and iOS 5.
Try Cesium.app. It's not perfect, but it's miles ahead of Apple's own app.
All I saw in the title was "We're Building the Right Hybrid"... then I sadly noticed they weren't talking about THAT kind of hybrid.
Yes, it will blend you library and make you have to restore from a backup.
Have you had a chance to try Apple's equivalents of these playlists in the recent Apple Music update? I find them better than Spotify's, personally. My New Music mix is a spot on blend of Release Radar and Discover Weekly, and I love that Apple's take on it specifically excludes stuff you've already listened to. Checking out Release Radar feels like old news now by comparison, as it's only showing me stuff I've mostly already heard and decided I liked or didn't.
As for My Favorites Mix, it does a great job of looking at your play counts and ratings and building a weekly list that truly contains some hidden gems from your library. If you've been using iTunes to manage your music library since the early 00's, it has a lot of data to work with.
I still think Spotify's playlists are good, and it took a little bit of work to get Apple Music's working great. But with a little bit of Love/Dislike input, and a good 10-15 years of iTunes history to pull from, the AM playlists do a great job competing IMO.
oh, lets just give people all these "buzz words" and they will eat it up. It doesnt matter what they mean, people will still love what I'm saying... Honestly, a LOT of people ARE that stupid.
Thanks for the info. I have been using iTunes exclusively for 10 years or so. So I am sure I have all the data it needs. I used Apple Music extensively before this last update, I'll give the new update a go and see how it does.
What a better way to experience Music then via AR. Concerts, Music Videos, and even the Beat Shows. That's the magic
It would be great if we could subscribe to playlists like you can on Spotify. That's the one feature that's kept me from jumping ship.
Tim Cooks Office:
Tim: Jimmy is on the way out, boys. Who can head Apple Music and the beats junk that we are stuck with?
Eddy: How about Raffi Jaharian? He seems to know what the people want.
Phil: Wasn't that an inte....
Tim: Yes, Phil. It was an internet meme.
Eddy: I don't know, I could have swore I saw him in meetings before.
Tim: Do you even know what's real anymore you incompetent boob?
Phil: Ya Eddy....that is messed up. You think he is real?
Eddy: Yaaa. Look there is a product video on YouTube!
Phil: That's not....how can you.....
Tim: Maybe Eddy is right.
Phil: What? Hiring a Meme?
Tim: Well Eddy is a walking meme...and think about it. What does Jimmy really do? Have lunch with Jonny and mess up Apple Music? Eddy does that and he doesn't even have the authority.
Eddy: True that!
Phil: That is true. So you are saying a fictional character is a better music leader than Jimmy?
Tim: Yes. So the interface is gold? That will be great in China. Get me his PR guy.
Tim: Jimmy is on the way out, boys. Who can head Apple Music and the beats junk that we are stuck with?
Eddy: How about Raffi Jaharian? He seems to know what the people want.
Phil: Wasn't that an inte....
Tim: Yes, Phil. It was an internet meme.
Eddy: I don't know, I could have swore I saw him in meetings before.
Tim: Do you even know what's real anymore you incompetent boob?
Phil: Ya Eddy....that is messed up. You think he is real?
Eddy: Yaaa. Look there is a product video on YouTube!
Phil: That's not....how can you.....
Tim: Maybe Eddy is right.
Phil: What? Hiring a Meme?
Tim: Well Eddy is a walking meme...and think about it. What does Jimmy really do? Have lunch with Jonny and mess up Apple Music? Eddy does that and he doesn't even have the authority.
Eddy: True that!
Phil: That is true. So you are saying a fictional character is a better music leader than Jimmy?
Tim: Yes. So the interface is gold? That will be great in China. Get me his PR guy.
For the love of all that is good, please tell me this new hybrid design includes an intuitive shuffle or repeat button... see below/attached.
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