Cause it's all about quantity isn't it? You just don't get it.
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With Apple Music at 20M Users, Spotify Hits 50M Paying Subscriber Milestone
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Cause it's all about quantity isn't it? You just don't get it.
I don't know about mostly. They aren't a new company with a ton of promotions out there anymore. They have 30 million more than Apple. That's a lot.
Side note: They probably have so many more subscribers because Android users would rarely use Apple products. Just a guess. Plus updates...
But there is clearly a difference between individuals choosing to subscribe and pay, and those who get it simply as part of some bundle when they might well not have paid for it on its own. It would be interesting to know the retention when bundles expire but I don't expect to see that shared.
Cant beat the family plan for 15 bucks on spotify. Havent even used my apple free trial promotion.
Apple does the same thing, but that just makes me want to switch to Spotify. lol
Also anyone on a Rogers Share Everything Plan gets Spotify Premium for free. Wonder if those are included too.
Well, Apple Music is good. Spotify is good too. They're both good!
Not so long ago, there was no legal way to listen to an album, a band, or even a song, without buying the single or album — or hoping the radio plays it.
It's much better now. I love how easy it is these days for people to legally discover and listen to new music. And sure, it may not financially benefit the artist as much as they'd like.
But simply a confirmed number of song plays on a streaming application is infinitely more tangible than an album floating on a torrent website.
It's all great for users, but none of it is great for musicians. Take my word for it. If you don't, try to go out and make money selling your music. It was never easy, but it's really difficult to make a buck with streaming.
I have Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music. While I use Spotify daily I rarely start Apple Music and I never listen to Amazon.
Reasons ?
Spotify has the better UI and a much better recommendation and channel system.
Reasons ?
Spotify has the better UI and a much better recommendation and channel system.
I agree 100%. I just wish artists would be paid properly. There wouldn't be any of this without them.
True! But for the people who love the music; well, they'll buy the album. They'll go to the concerts and they'll buy the shirts. Or at the very least, they'll recommend the band to their friends. Even more people will listen to the songs.
Streaming fundamentally enables people to discover these songs, properly listed, with half-decent quality, even with the free tiers.
Again, not perfect, but I'd argue that the music industry is much better with the digital age in 2017 than it was in 2000 (Metallica vs Napster is just one of many examples!)
Yes. I'll ask my buddy John Mayer later on to double check, but I think the way artists make money has changed to being concerts primary.
I tried Apple Music for a couple of months and paid for a service to take my playlists with me to Apple Music from Spotify, but I have returned to Spotify again.
They just have an edge with the interface, a social integration that rocks (I have several playlists that me and some friends add songs to and share great music that way) and the local generated playlists for various music genres here in Denmark is just better on Spotify.
What I don't get through - is that we are far into the Apple Watch life, and still no spotify app for the watch has been made. Just a dead simple one, for offline a couple of playlists for my morning runs (love going "offline" without my phone)
They just have an edge with the interface, a social integration that rocks (I have several playlists that me and some friends add songs to and share great music that way) and the local generated playlists for various music genres here in Denmark is just better on Spotify.
What I don't get through - is that we are far into the Apple Watch life, and still no spotify app for the watch has been made. Just a dead simple one, for offline a couple of playlists for my morning runs (love going "offline" without my phone)
I cancelled apple music starting March. It just missing stuff needs more work, I got annoyed with pop ups when i was not on the internet.
I switched from Apple Music to Spotify. Spotify's better.
I don't subscribe to Spotify but I'm glad they're adding lossless music because it will push Apple to finally add lossless music to iTunes and Apple Music. Competition is a wonderful thing.
How many readers do you think have subscribed to NYC? It certainly won't be anywhere close to even a million
I would give Apple Music a try for a few months if it was supported on the Amazon Echo which i use throughout my home for music.
For what its worth "Spotify Premium" is baked into our cell plan, we just get it as part of our two year contract. I am sure we count as subscribers, am sure there are a lot of folks in our position - there was no reason to turn it down. Given these deals with carriers I'd be surprised if Apple catches up in numbers.
Well I haven't tried Apple Music but I do have Spotify. Able to curate own playlist from millions of songs to choose from, download albums/songs/playlist for offline listening (downloads on WiFi). Can share and view other playlists from other users. no ads. If you're a student, its only 5 bucks a month! Besides, It has Future's new albums at launch available for download 
I hate apple music interface, but Spotify isnt available in my country so i'm pretty much stuck with Apple.
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I do get it
That's simply 8,000,000 more + songs. Its Groove a music app (Zune lives on) it doesn't try to do TV, it doesn't try to do live radio rather more music and a very cool looking app probably the best example of UWP out there. Even for non-subscribers that place their MP3's in the "Music" folder on OneDrive, Groove integrates and builds free AI playlists out of that collection. Groove Music Pass subscribers get all their own music, plus the entire Groove catalog, all in one place. So its more than 26% more songs. there is no "planet of the Apps" stuff or the distraction or carpool Karaoke...just music. There is no Beats #1 station that's not my taste...just my music my groups and my radio stations the AI builds. It does include nonstop radio stations—free—with iHeartRadio
Great Cortana integration too.
Its also cool that the best version of Groove is on Windows, imagine that.
Its great. That why I did the 4 month trial and continue to pay gladly each month.
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