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Apple Music or Spotify? what do you use and why? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just wondering out here, cause Im really torn between these two. With Spotify family and Apple One I use both alternately and in both Im missing some parts that the other one have.

for Apple Music I mostly lack good new songs suggestion algorithm, because it very often just plays me a song that I would never ever listen to - and that's based on "continue playing" from current playlist.
for Spotify I lack Losseless and Spatialise.

in terms of UI, both are somewhat not great

Apple Music is cumbersome and hard to navigate to song that is currently playing.
Spotify is just too much noise on the screen for me

What are your thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spotify. I'm on a duo plan at $13/mo which is my ideal price point versus need. Apple Music only has individual or family plans, and the family plan is $17/mo.

I like Spotify's recommendations and the overall style of its app. That being said, I'm sure Apple Music is much better for privacy-oriented folks, given how much data Spotify seems to collect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use Apple One family premier:

https://www.apple.com/apple-one/

Having lots of iCloud storage is handy, and I use the other services.

Also, unless things have changed, Apple pays artists more than Spotify.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but when I am only looking to pay for myself and one other person, and music is the only thing I want out of this arrangement, there's only one best deal right now and that's Spotify.

That being said, Apple TV+ is an enticing offer right now with season 2 of Foundation starting this week. But my usual streaming service strategy is to just wait for a show to finish, buy a month subscription, and watch the whole thing over a weekend.