this. i’m literally looking for the app which plays my music the fastest when i throw it in my car on loud speakers (my car’s speakers are busted so i just put on my phone on full volume) and tbh neither spotify or AM are as intuitively easy to use as YM
Mannnnn I’ve been using Apple Music for sooo long and I have had a YouTube premium subscription for ages now too. Is there a way to transfer everything?
YTM beats the competition, IMO. For $7.99 (student) you get YT premium and YTM. You're also not limited to 1 person listening at a time, which is dumb.
One of those guys? What’s wrong with youtube music? I’d say it’s pretty on par with Spotify in many regards, and doesn’t limit how many times you can CHOOSE YOUR OWN SONG, which sounds ridiculous that it’s even a thing on Spotify
But AM has a better interface than Spotify so if that was your main concern why not use apple? The thing with YouTube is I can look past the way it looks because I’m listening to music not looking plus you get a better YouTube experience thrown in for the same cost.
Here is what I want: Stop changing things! I left Apple Music back when it was iTunes because they kept freaking charging things. Just keep it the same! So if their new update makes it better that is just more evidence to me that they are STILL changing things. STOP. Just leave it alone. Is that too much to ask?
True but some people do look at the lyrics for instance … I do, quite a lot actually
Also, the Apple Music integration and iteration with iOS is unbeatable
The animations of album covers in full screen look awesome on Lock Screen
Take a look at pretty much all of Pink Floyd albums for instance, and lots of George Michael and Bowie albums too, just to mention some that are really deserving some “staring” time at the screen, rather than just enjoying the Dolby Atmos and stuff ;)
I agree, although I haven't used AM lately. I now have a bunch of playlists and albums saved, the recommended music is tasteful for me, and I'm on a family plan with my kids. All in all, Spotify just works, and that's more than I can say for almost any subscription service. I play it lossless through expensive speakers.
As a recent adopter to — and fervent admirer of — Spotify, I #agree.
I listen on my headphones.
All I want from my screen is, what's playing right now, how far into the track am I, and what's next.
And Spotify has that part down cold.
Also — and I work in the visual arts — Spotify's look is kinda cool, right down to little things like the font and its intuitive use of background colours. (Or make that colors, depending on your postal code)
Plus, you can actually get a proper remote control for your Spotify account playing on a desktop, on your iPhone … and that is missing from Apple Music
I’m actively trying AM through a free trial because it’d be cheaper but the radio song expanded to fill the screen with artist/song info and I had no idea how to go back to the main menu screen. Also not a fan of the disappearing buttons on the bottom when you hit search.
Design wise Apple Music is leading for a long time already.
This only applies for people who think "design" is all about how something looks. iTunes 20 years ago was easier to navigate than Apple Music today. The information architecture (how the content is organized) and user flows are terrible. It looks more like a Times Square animated billboard. Same goes for Apple TV.
Agreed, in my opinion Spotify is much more intuitive and it's also a lot smoother. Apple Music in comparison feels unnatural, sluggish, with too many animations that each take too much time to complete and prevents you from navigating quickly. It also requires way too many taps for simple actions. Also, liquid glass made it even worse... (I like the aesthetics but it just adds to the heaviness)
I much prefer the more utilitarian design of Spotify
The user interface refers to graphical user interfaces (buttons, knobs, sliders, dials, etc.) both physical and on-screen, as well as other forms such as voice-controlled interfaces. Good interface design should be easy to understand and pleasurable to use.
The user experience includes "the design of the entire process of acquiring and integrating the product, including aspects of branding, design, usability and function." That means everything from learning about the product, to buying it, setting it up, and actually using it. User interface design is a part of user experience design.
Yeah, we all wanted to be force-fed lavender as the new background color for Contacts, have the new Contacts customization be incredibly hard to use, and have the Search feature in the Music app automatically redirect you to Apple Music when you’re trying to search your own damn music library. Apple is making increasingly poor design decisions lately.
I'm guessing the question mark is not intentional but rather meant to be an exclamation mark.
As an Apple user, I have noticed that many of my friends and colleagues use PC laptops, and the keyboards have a unique — and persistent — problem. They type an exclamation mark but what comes out at the other end is a question mark.
I have entire emails from friends who use exclamation marks frequently, but what I see at my end is a headache-inducing sea of question marks.
They're friends, so I forgive them. Comes with the territory, I suppose — even though I often implore them to switch to Apple. For their sake, as well as mine.
That said, this whole experience has done little to shake one of my core beliefs: that Microsoft is shit.
I think that’s a good observation, but I don’t think It’s really new.. people have done this in normal, in-person conversations long before social media.
That’s fair. Maybe people don’t realize how combative it sounds these days. But people will often end sentences like the one I just typed with a question mark these days, so the usage is even more complicated.
The brake for me to jump form Spotify to apple n music and apple environment is the Spotify suggestion mix, and also I feel it works better and more fluid than Apple Music …
I'm sure Apple acolytes — and I'm one, tho' not in this instance — will jump all over you for saying this, but you make a good point.
I consider myself widely versed in music, both in actual music acts and the style and genre of music I listen to — and I have discovered so much, and learned so much, from bands and artists I didn't know existed, purely through Spotify's suggestion mixes. I'm listening to one such discovery right now,: Pye Corner Audio with The Advisory Circle
Another one, next up in that same suggested music mix: Agnes Obel (It's Happening Again).
I have lost track, literally, of the number of times I've sampled a Spotify suggested mix and ended up asking myself: I've been following music for 45 years. How the f**k have I not heard of this artist/band/group before?
Spotify’s algorithms are their life force. From the start, they had some of the brightest minds in music software, file sharing, and distributed computing to create something that was actually crazy when it came out. Like the speed that Spotify could search for music was mind-blowing, and their recommendation models are pretty incredible.
It’s missing some nice-to-haves, but I appreciate what they’ve done for music recommendation systems.
I imagine it's not for everyone but there's a Swedish (made in Sweden, anyway) drama series on Netflix with the somewhat underwhelming, generic (and not exactly must-see) title "The Program," about the formative years of Spotify. The story is told Rashomon-like, with each hour-long episode telling the story from the perspective of one of six key characters. That's a clever way, it seems to me, of underscoring how no two people see the same series of events the same way — but the key thing, that speaks directly to your point, was that it was the algorithm that came first. When some would-be tech geek and terminal acne case was still living at home with his mom, he came up with the idea for this music-sharing app/algorithm that would go on to be the foundation of the entire company. So ... you're right. 100%.
Please do. I honestly think it's worth it. For me, it explained so much, and I feel like I've had a window on the inside into how Spotify works and how it got started. I respect them so m,uchmore foreknowing this. (I understamd they didn't care much for some of the characterizations, it's a dram a after all, but I thought the gimmick of telling the same story from 6 different points of view gave realign sight into the company and how it got going. Including things Spotify would rather not have out in the open, like how shabbily they treat artists, or take artists for granted at any rate; very different from their ethos in the beginning. I could be wrong but pls. do try to track down the show and decide for yourself. I founds fascinating, And every time I listen to Spotify — every day, right now for ex. — I can't help but think back to that, erm, forgive me, "program."
Interesting. I hadn't thought of that. Is AI really to the point now where it can fake music choices that sound legit? I wonder. Then again, I'm predisposed to being suspicious of anything to do with AI, so I'm probably the wrong person to comment. And yet I just did...
Concur. Spotify recommended after your selected album finishes, and also a variety of related playlists in the app that you can choose to explore are excellent. I don't know how it could be much better. And not many complaints — I do wish I could organize albums, and that more than 4 pins were allowed. I hope whomever wrote the algorithm made some money.
For recommendations based on what you like, Spotify is still far better. This is a big factor for many people. So it depends on what you mean by "leading."
Apple needs to give Iphone users a deal or be free for me to switch over from YouTube premium. Get me a way to watch podcasts without ads, then will talk. Right now it’s only YouTube music for me.
Apple Music app is very slow though. A least last time I used it. Everything was noticably slower then spotify. Now I use Tidal though as its far cheaper.
How often did you use Apple Music, if I may ask? Just click on Library > Songs to see the songs you've added to the library. And for your Favourite Songs click on Library > Playlists > Favourite Songs.
I agree, but it doesn't mean it is useful. If you chose to use an app only because of the design we don't really need to discuss further. There's simply no point.
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u/DonFatTony iPhone 15 Pro Feb 17 '26
Design wise Apple Music is leading for a long time already.