That would be suicide. They don't have hardware competences and with the mobile phone convergence there is literally no-one that still buys dedicated devices.
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Spotify Reaches Over 40 Million Paying Subscribers, Continues to Outpace Apple Music
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That would be suicide. They don't have hardware competences and with the mobile phone convergence there is literally no-one that still buys dedicated devices.
My two cents...
I previously used Spotify, think it's a great app., particularly the interface.
Switched to Apple Music after the three month trial for the following reasons:
1. the family subscription works for me. (now matched by Spotify)
2. the integration with my Apple Watch is great - particularly in the car, using Siri (but when it fails it fails horribly)
3. the option to filter out explicit tracks allows the kids to use unsupervised (but it's not infallible, which is becoming a concern)
So each of the advantages for my use is not as strong as I initially thought, and I'd consider switching back if not for the promise of the new Apple Music UI (with lyrics), and the advantage of integration with the rest of my Apple stuff.
I'd call it a narrow points victory for Apple Music.
They should make an Apple Watch app that can sync a few playlists and store them offline.
I hope this is a joke. It has way more (useful) features, better algorithms, and still a much better interface. AM sucks in comparison. Like a whole lot.
The real problem is, it's not a profitable business, streaming music. If the labels cut you off, you have 40 million customers for nothing. And if they decide to charge more, Spotify will raise its prices. Their margins are razor-thin. Apple, Google, Amazon and maybe some others can use streaming music as a way to get you into their music stores, app stores, etc. Spotify is a music dispenser. A jukebox. The product isn't theirs. They will lose. Maybe apple will buy them?
I found Apple Music confusing (to know what was downloaded / mine or not). Spotify is much easier to use. And, their High Quality downloads are great. I went back to Spotify and the Apple Music 3 month trial. I just wish Spotify had an Apple TV app. (Then, any remote desire I have to go back to Apple Music would be extinguished).
Airplay to different speakers? Cast to different devices as well? It's all based on what devices you have. It has nothing to do with Spotify.
Since the subject is music...What U2 and Apple have in common? Both don't pay taxes in Ireland!
As a trial, yes. I'd give it another shot.
But I'd have to compare and contrast too.
It was a problem when Apple Music first launched and seemed to be worse for people with large carefully curated music libraries.
Apple Music / iCloud Music Library has made a right old mess of my iTunes library
Jim Dalrymple: Apple Music is a nightmare and I'm done with it
1. Can't speak on the transfer from Mac to iOS, perhaps someone who uses Apple Music can chime in, but I would assume it's possible because everything is done through iCloud and that feature works with watching movies on your Mac and being able to pick up or resume at the same point on an iOS device.
2. No but because Spotify is software vs. Apple's ecosystem which is a combination of hardware and software. That's like sitting in front of your Mac with your iPhone/iPod beside you but you want your Mac to control your iPhone/iPod for playback, why not use your Mac or your iPhone/iPod for playback? Why would you want one to control the other? Again, Software vs. Hardware.
3. You don't need to group Apple TV's/AirPort Expresses, you just play and send music to all devices to play simultaneously.
Just so we're clear, I'm not in favour of Apple Music over Spotify or vice versa. I'm just speaking on the capabilities of Apple's software with regards to playback. I do not use any streaming services.
I don't listen to anything popular and AM still gives me excellent recommendations. Tony Lommi, founder and guitarist for Black Sabbath, made up a playlist of songs that he says influenced his playing style. This showed up in "For You" because I like classic heavy metal. I also had a playlist show up of artists who said they were influenced by Ian Curtis from Joy Division (whose members went on to form New Order after his death).
These are two completely different styles of music yet I had them both show up in my recommendations.
SPOTIFY....SHUFFLE.....SUCKS. WITH 1,000 tracks i hear the same 75 over and over again....
No it isn't. That means there is a lot of money circulation going on, which in itself costs money. In addition, the labels will quickly pull their support as soon as other platforms start to really compete (e.g. Apple Music). Already now artists are going for exclusives on other platforms and Spotify with no alternative source of income will be hit by that the most.
Companies facing severe competition need to diversify or increase the quality of their products to a higher level. With music being equal on all platforms it is the former that Spotify needs, and they have limited options for that.
Finally. Realize that the labels do not give a **** about SPotify. THey will jump ship as soon as something better comes along. As someone else said here already, Spotify is a music player and nothing more.
I'm a paying subscriber of Spotify by the way (and also of Apple Music). I like Spotify's curation much better than Apple's.
And those Apple cheerleaders on here seemingly celebrating Spotify not turning a profit ought to really think about how one less major player will directly hit them in the wallet.
Whether they believe it or not, Apple could give two craps about any of those cheerleaders and wouldn't hesitate to charge them double with less competition.
Whether they believe it or not, Apple could give two craps about any of those cheerleaders and wouldn't hesitate to charge them double with less competition.
The point is that even if Apple Music does not have albums that you have in your library, it will upload them to the cloud so all your music is available in all your devices. Let's say you went to a concert where you liked an indie band and bought at the venue their CD, then you ripped that album using your Mac or PC to mp3 or aac... chances are AM does not have the indie band's album available to stream. You can make iTunes upload to AM that ripped album so you can listen to it in your iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac or Android phone as if it was part of the AM catalogue.
I have a lot of academic music (classical music) albums that are not available in AM. I ripped them and iTunes uploaded them to my AM library and I can access them no problem on all of my Apple products.