I currently use Apple Music in my car (Carplay) which works well - I am however a long time premium Spotify user who prefers their interface and now with this plan it is cost effective for me to swap back to Spotify. Only question is - how good is Spotify on Carplay ?
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Another thing to try this week when I try to see if Spotify can meet my needs as well as Apple Music can.
I can think of worse things to spend your money on than $180 per year for unlimited music streaming for 6 people. Hats off to you though if you live that lean and don't waste your money on stuff you don't need to survive..
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You don't determine value based on what you paid in the past. You determine what you are getting in the here and now.
I personally don't think $10 is a fair price for a single user. I think the family pricing is very fair. So I feel the price for one user is simply too much. And many others agree. No reason they can't offer a yearly rate, 6 months, etc.
Is there a less ridiculous way to get my local music on my phones than opening up spotify on my laptop and putting them in a playlist? Please tell me there is. I can't seem to figure it out.
Says who? You just made this all up.
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Why not use iTunes Match?
iTunes Match doesn't work with Spotify. You asked about a way to get your local music on Spotify. I'm asking why don't you just use iTunes Match?
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So you create your own narrative based on nothing whatsoever to prove points on this forum? Does that make any sense to you?
So if I use iTunes Match to get the music on my phone, Spotify will see it and let me play it using Spotify?
What? No. Where are you coming up with this?
iTunes Match has nothing to do with Spotify. Use that or Spotify.
With respect to getting your local music onto your iPhone, iTunes Match is a great option.
I'm trying to find a way to use Spotify to do the same things I use Apple Music for. I use Apple Music to sometimes play my own music and sometimes play streaming music all in one app. If I can't do that, Spotify is of no use to me. If it can't do it, it's inferior for my use case and I should just go back to Apple Music.
- Better Apps
- Many more devices that have Spotify apps available
- Web Interface
- Doesn't require a bloated turd (iTunes) to play
- Phone/Tablet/PC apps can communicate with the number one game console and control the playing of music in the background while playing games
- Free tier
Apple Music is a joke in comparison.
Maybe you can help me out with my problem, one that the Internet has been unable to so far. I have my own music and want to splice it in with my Spotify streaming library. Nobody has been able to help me figure out something that isn't "put it in a playlist and sync it" for all of my music.
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I am, but I'm told Spotify is better and as such wanted to try it. I'm not just going to stick with a program just because I've always used it.
Which one has more and the newest songs? Thats what matters to me. I want the best possible archive to choose from.
Also, why canˋt we pay for one year in advance with a neat rebate? Like 99€ instead of ~120€ or something like that.
Also, why canˋt we pay for one year in advance with a neat rebate? Like 99€ instead of ~120€ or something like that.
I believe getting your local music onto Spotify to play on an iPhone for example will require creating a playlist. If true, it's clear that Apple Music wins on that front. You'd think Spotify would figure out a better solution.
Also keep in mind there is a 3,333 song limit to how many songs you can download back onto one device. But that might be plenty for your needs.
None of what you said makes Spotify better for an iPhone/Mac user subscribing to Apple Music.
The fact that Apple Music plays in a web interface, or can play on more devices is irrelevant. iTunes is an excellent app on Macs. It's not good on Windows, but if you have a Mac, you don't care.
And if I don't own a PS4?
See - NONE of what you said matters to me. So, tell me, if I have a mac and an iPhone, no PS4, why is Spotify any better than Apple Music? It's not.
Apple Music is so much better for my case. I can use Siri to play music, I can play the music on my Apple Watch through my wireless bluetooth headphones, I can play on my Apple TV. I can use iTunes Match to stream artists, like Garth Brooks, that aren't on Apple Music. It's so much more convenient for me. Spotify can't do any of that.
No I meant leagues. Day one Apple were years ahead of the competition in their smartphone offering. Why do you adduce silliness?
Comparing a hardware phone to a music streaming cloud service.... Now THAT calls for rolling the word adduce off my tongue.
And obviously you don't remember Spotify day 1 now do you.
I don't think it's overblown. You're locking yourself into that monthly payment forever. Not a good deal for people who either don't want a gigantic music library or already own most of what they like.
I didn't set out to prove anything. It's you who said x proves y. I'm just pointing out there are alternative explanations, and that one of those explanations would be an average usage among family groups of much, much less than 6x that of an individual. That would make sense if you acknowledge average household sizes, and that not every family member will be as enthusiastic as the primary member who decides to sign-up. If you want to claim it's not plausible then go right ahead and give your reasons.
I simply stated an opinion. I don't think it's a hard stretch when the exact same service is one price for one person and 50% more for 5 others to experience the very same thing together. Again, lots of people find these music services to be too expensive, and seeing how cheap it is for 6 people versus one really nails that point down.
Your explanation is based on nothing. You are simply creating a scenario. I would argue there are plenty of families who will subscribe and be equally enthusiastic AM users. So no, I think your scenario is just an example of what one family would act like and does nothing to represent the average family subscribed to a family group music service.
If you already own all the music you like, then sure, streaming isn't for you. In fact, you don't need a music service at all, since you already own it all.