Every modern music streaming app has its problems, but if you're looking for a service that stays out of your way, Apple Music is the one to beat

Apple Music isn’t the best streaming music service — it’s just the least annoying::Competitors like Spotify and YouTube Music may be your first choice for music on Android, but you might want to reconsider

  • jacktherippah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    My experience with Apple Music has been overwhelmingly positive. Student plan is dirt cheap, barely any more expensive than Spotify and has Hi-Fi included. And the app doesn’t connect to a disgusting amount of trackers like Spotify does. I’ll stay on AM for the foreseeable future

    • HollandJim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      1 year ago

      Same. It’s an impossible fight, with all this magical thinking about Apple biasing any discussion. So much blind hate and no way to debate it.

      Apple pays much more to artists - period. That’s why I use it.

      • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
        13·
        1 year ago

        That’s the fediverse for you! I’ve had better software discussion outside of it tbh.

        Anyhow, library management on Apple Music is also way less annoying than on Spotify, especially when handling tracks you import from your local library.

        • HollandJim@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          1 year ago

          I’d not just blame the fediverse - I’d call out all social media. Popularity reigns there, not accuracy or facts.

        • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Last time I tried apple music, i went to import my saved songs from Spotify along with my local songs. There were about 12000 of each at the time. Somehow I ended up with 40000 songs in my iTunes after it finished loading, and the interface was so slow it was basically unusable… I will be sticking with Spotify for now.

          • Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyiEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Spotify became so slow for me that I had to move the other direction.

            I’ve manually handled my library, but I’ve used Playlisty for whatever playlists I wanted from Spotify.

            • datavoid@lemmy.mlEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              I only use Spotify for song discovery, and if I find something i really love I’ll buy it.

              I like the idea of Tidal’s plan where they pay your top artists more… But tidal is god awful at helping me find new music.

              Also, i was only talking about functionality, not artist payouts. Apple/iTunes is a functional disaster (at least if you dont own a mac).

      • GeneralVincent@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Tidal pays artists even more, and has some features Apple Music doesn’t have for the same price (or cheaper if you’re Military/First Responder)

        But of course Apple Music is better for some people for certain features it has. And Tidal’s hi-fi plan is more expensive. I get the knee jerk dislike of Apple, but nuance almost always gets lost online.

        That being said, Spotify sucks lol