You Can Get Up to 3 Months of Free Apple Music

[aespana]

I just gave up on AM after years of trying to make this thing stop screwing my albums (incorrect artwork, incorrect tagging, incorrect compilations, etc...). Now, I know, I have to manually transfer my ripped CDs to my iPhone but big deal. I have enough music to listen to for the next 24 months, if I were to listen to all I have 24 hours a day.

How do you manage your local music? Using the Music app? Or something else?

I really miss how iTunes handled the music rather than Music. Sadly, iTunes no longer works with Retroactive in Sequoia

 

[Donkey Man]

Yet it’s only second to Spotify…

You mean like the millions of Apple users who simply click through Apple-pushed links to become "subscribers" in order to stop receiving such nagging reminders? Or those who simply go from free trial to free trial, until opting out when free is no longer free?

 

[ypl]

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Strange set of countries. Anybody knows key to such selection?

 

[bigpoppa]

Yet for a few artists I know that have music on both, they still make more on Spotify as the subscriber and listening base is higher. Either way, unless you're a big name, streaming royalties are peanuts.

Buying their albums on Bandcamp actually supports them.

I refuse to do streaming and buy all my music except for promotional items sent to me.

 

[stumpapi]

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I received this also, for some reason I tried a different link and it worked fine. Seems sites like Macrumors or 9to5 somehow got different links that depend on region. Try the different links in the articles about this you find until one works.

I wanted to try Apple Music now in IOS26 to see if it has improved. It has not still an awful app missing many features. Just too much hassle to use and manage your library. I will be staying with Spotify, it is light years ahead of this app.

 

[19callum93]

Youtube music/youtube premium just works better…
But thats just my opinion.

Agree and disagree. I was a long time Apple Music user, but a year ago I moved to YouTube Music/Premium for ad free YouTube. However after using Apple Music in iOS 26, YouTube is so far behind with features such a AutoMix/Cross fade. Even the YouTube widget app is terrible. Once this free trial ends I’m moving to YouTube lite and Apple Music 😅