Add Google if you like because the key is all about creating suggestive selling. And wrt the Apple Music app, it's a joke on Android. I tried it and I can't even stream music that I purchased.
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WSJ: Apple Music Has Overtaken Spotify in U.S. Paid Subscribers
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I don't get why people don't pay $10 a month to get rid of ads and listen to whatever they want, whenever they want.
It’s a sad sign of the times. Seems the mood towards Apple is getting increasingly cynical of late.
But it’s all right. The critics will learn. They will all learn.
I know but doesn’t mean anything when the songs I want to listen to aren’t there.
That you want to do that seems odd to me. Why would you start a song playing in a playlist and then go to a previous song in that playlist that you haven’t played yet? Why not just select the previous song to begin with? I wouldn’t have expected to go back before a song I’ve selected.
That’s not even something I would ever consider. Maybe it’s not part of Apple Music because no one else considered it either.
Or perhaps I don’t quite understand what you’re saying.
You can always skip back and forth amongst everything you’ve been playing.
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Also, there are third party Apple Music apps if you dislike the Apple Music interface. I am try out Soor, and I like that it basically collapses all my music options into one page.
Soor ▹ by Tanmay Sonawane https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/soor/id1439731526?mt=8
In the end, Apple Music wins for me due to its close integration with the rest of the Apple ecosystem.
Soor ▹ by Tanmay Sonawane https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/soor/id1439731526?mt=8
In the end, Apple Music wins for me due to its close integration with the rest of the Apple ecosystem.
What you are trying to say actually is that Apple Music is bad outside the Apple ecosystem.
People into serious stuff like engineering or finance need the professional OS, aka Windows. Spotify is way better when it comes to multi-platform use.
Also, anywhere else in the world, the iOs market share is much lower than Android’s. That’s why Apple’s services are only popular in the US.
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Apple Music has music uploading feature from day one. Whether the feature is moved or is copied from iTunes Match is irrelevant. You said this is not Apple Music feature so you’re wrong and yes I checked my subscription on my account regularly and I have never paid for iTunes Match.
It’s easy to test. Cancel your iTunes Match. Subscribe to Apple Music and you’ll see you can upload any CD you like.
My old college email still works and so I get Apple Music at student discount price. Still has a few bugs too, some different (yet largely same) content than Amazon/Spotify, but still great selection and the interface is slowly getting better. I don't know if Spotify has this feature, but I love being able to search by lyrics.
Just signed up for premium with Hulu and loving it for $9.99
Only thing it lacks is multiple profiles as Hulu and Netflix have.
Does Apple Music support multiple profiles?
Only thing it lacks is multiple profiles as Hulu and Netflix have.
Does Apple Music support multiple profiles?
You should leaves it there to see if Apple Music bombarded you with ads like someone you quoted, falsely, claimed. Not sure why we need such a fabrication. Apple Music is not for everyone, just like Spotify.
Does anyone else miss rdio? Amazing UI, amazing recommendations. I was hoping one of these other services would eventually step up their game at some point, but even the best ones are just a solid B- and nothing more.
Which do you prefer personally?
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Oh man. Rip for sure. Rdio was the best. Absolutely loved it
I use Apple Music because as an artist I upload my music there and I want to check the quality of my songs. But I have to say that the interface on the Iphone is poorly designed, could be easily improved with common sense, why don't they put a bunch of good coders on it during 6 months to make something great ! The radio section is the worst, a big bazar and navigation is a mess. And integration with Itunes has a good taste of the early glory days in term of look..
I suspect the higher Apple Music market share is due to the stronger presence of Apple hardware in the US.
When products like the Apple TV, HomePod and Apple Watch can only stream from Apple Music, that’s a very strong incentive there to pick said service over the competition.
Apple Music can also be cheaper, especially if you pick the $99 a year option and pay using discounted iTunes cards.
It would also explain why Spotify is getting increasing desperate, to the point of wanting to sue Apple at this juncture. They still aren’t turning a profit, and Apple is effectively monopolising the most lucrative markets and customers, and it’s clearly affecting Spotify’s bottom line.
When products like the Apple TV, HomePod and Apple Watch can only stream from Apple Music, that’s a very strong incentive there to pick said service over the competition.
Apple Music can also be cheaper, especially if you pick the $99 a year option and pay using discounted iTunes cards.
It would also explain why Spotify is getting increasing desperate, to the point of wanting to sue Apple at this juncture. They still aren’t turning a profit, and Apple is effectively monopolising the most lucrative markets and customers, and it’s clearly affecting Spotify’s bottom line.
Yes it isn’t and that’s good for Apple. If Spotify want‘s a level playing ground they can develop their own Phone and OS and application market place. Until then they might as well stop complaining.
You have to look at it this way. One... Spotify has a free tier and a paid tier, Apple only has a paid tier. So it doesn't at all mean people prefer it over Spotify. Apple has 28 million and Spotify has 26 Million. Spotify also probably has a bazillion free subscribers. Two...Apple Music is preinstalled on every iPhone so people naturally will go with what is available, Spotify you have to go find it. Three... How many of these "Subscribers" aren't just trial users?
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I was paying for both already lol. Saw this offer and cancelled hulu lol. Cancelled Spotify Account, went right back and Signed up for Spotify Account and now Hulu free lol!
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You know you can adjust the sound quality on spotify right? There is the normal but it allows two higher options.
I've used Google play music, Apple music and Spotify, they all have thier good and bad points but Spotify is by far the best of the 3, the music selection is more varied, the algorithms to find music I like is better and the ui is easier to navigate. Not to say Apple music is bad but Spotify is the winner for me. I do love the lyrics on apple music though!!!
Population is a meaningless metric if there’s no causality to buying power and habits, which is the case here.
If the app supports airplay, and most do, then they can stream on those devices. Including Spotify.
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It's a music service, not a tv service like Hulu and Netflix. Why does it need profiles?
Zoe Keating for example publishes her earnings quite openly, just because someone didn't fool you with a infographic doesn't mean the numbers have to be wrong...