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that is really unfortunate, I much prefer Rdio's web interface to Spotify's and for all the years I've been a subscriber it's been rock solid, on the other hand

that is really unfortunate, I much prefer Rdio's web interface to Spotify's and for all the years I've been a subscriber it's been rock solid, on the other hand I do think I am likely not the typical user (100% on desktop, mostly listens to full albums rather than random songs, a lot of classical music, etc.) When Rdio shuts down I am really not sure where I will be able to go for a comparable experience, Spotify for some reason appears to have random holes in their classical catalog compared to Rdio, I am also not sure if Apple music is useable without an iDevice. what other alternatives can others suggest for users in Canada?

arthurfm 11y ago
> I am also not sure if Apple music is useable without an iDevice. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.andr... http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/16/apple-music-review-i-was-ready-to-hate-it-but-apple-got-me-singing-a-different-tune/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/16/apple-music-review-i...
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swsieber 11y ago
That depends - since you listen mostly to full albums perhaps you could by an album a month and put them on a private streaming server a la groovebasin/sandstorm.io?
JonathonW 11y ago
Apple has an Apple Music app [1] on the Play Store for Android, and is accessible through iTunes (ugh...) on the desktop on both Windows and Mac. (No Linux support unless you can coax iTunes into running on Wine, and no web UI.) Apple Music's reasonably viable as long as you're only using it on mobile; its viability on the desktop really depends on your ability to tolerate iTunes. Suffice it to say that I remained a Spotify user after my Apple Music trial was up, and I'm otherwise heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.andr...
- matthuggins 11y ago
  Yeah... I have yet to accept the iTunes terms of service in the 2-ish years I've owned my latest macbook, and I don't plan to begin now. :)
- mark_l_watson 11y ago
  Wow, how long has an Android Apple Music app been available? I might have gone with Apple Music if I had known this a few months ago. With iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play music, it was a pain with duplicate music libraries. I went with Play Music (now gets ad-free youtube thrown in), but I might have made a different decision.
  - fernandotakai 11y ago
    > Wow, how long has an Android Apple Music app been available? 6 days. and, for everyone's surprise, it's quite good. fast too.
    - wlesieutre 11y ago
      Some background on it here: http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/10/apple-music-comes-to-android/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/10/apple-music-comes-to-androi... He's being a bit cute with the "little hamburger" remark, but I still chuckled. Better than invisible "swipe from edge" menus if you ask me.
spankalee 11y ago
If you still have an existing CD or MP3 collection, then uploading it to Google Play Music is a great option. From there you can use the ad-supported radio and buy albums/songs, or subscribe and get ad-free radio, ad-free YouTube, and all-access to most of the store catalog. Play Music's web interface is very good, but I can't say whether you'd like it more or less than Rdio and Spotify.
ryanSrich 11y ago
Apple music is not usable with any device. Just to name a few issues I've personally experienced: - Not being able to listen to music because itunes said I wasn't signed in. (of course I was and the only way to fix it was to restart my computer.) This error happens a few times per month. - Songs not playing and getting an alert error with some random code that results in searching countless threads online. This happens multiple times per day. - There's no way to get to an artist from a song...think about that. You can't click on the artists name or select it from the dropdown menu while a song is playing...So you have to search the song and then select the artists name in the search results. - Absolutely no concept of syncing. Create a playlist on your computer and it might show up on your phone? Create one on your phone and edit it on your computer, but the changes don't reflect across devices. Everything just goes to shit. - Extremely slow clunky UI. Click a button or link and wait 1-2 seconds for some random UI thing to pop up so you can do whatever it is you set out to do. - Click any tab in the top navigation with the window set ot 50%0 of the screen and the UI will flutter quite a bit making you select a tab you didn't want to. - Click on a playlist that apple made and get an error saying something like "This playlist is currently not available". This happens at least once per week. ...I could go on and on. The ONLY thing Apple music gets right is recommendations. IMO It is by far the worst piece of software Apple has ever release.
- LargeCompanies 11y ago
  Apple Music's UI/UX is not only terrible it can prove deadly if used while driving. I know we shouldn't be messing with our music apps while driving but a good majority does. Using Siri and Apple Music for the most part works like a charm and is helpful in terms of keeping one safe while driving/enjoying their music subscription app.
- zw 11y ago
  I have nothing to say about your other issues (I haven't experienced most of them; I'm quite happy with the service), but the banner at the top of the More (…) menu takes you to the album of a song, which then easily leads to the Artist page. Do it all the time, takes me half a second.
- shinratdr 11y ago
shavenwarthog2 11y ago
I second this. I've been an extremely happy paid subscriber to Rdio for years. I generally listen to full albums on the desktop (at work), with a moderate bit of classical. Rdio lets me find out about a specific musician/composer, then I get get to listen to a lot of their recorded output for free immediately, and repeat albums as much as I want. RIP Rdio, you were awesome!
habizan 11y ago
I'm a Canadian and have been a happy user of Deezer for several years: http://deezer.com http://deezer.com
lenocinor 11y ago
Have you looked at Spotify's classical music selection lately? Doing a rough tally, my playlists have over 6,000 classical songs on them, so I listen to a lot of classical, and something like 98% of what I look for is on Spotify, from early stuff all the way through modern classical.

arthurfm 11y ago

> I am also not sure if Apple music is useable without an iDevice. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.andr... http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/16/apple-music-review-i-was-ready-to-hate-it-but-apple-got-me-singing-a-different-tune/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/11/16/apple-music-review-i...

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swsieber 11y ago

That depends - since you listen mostly to full albums perhaps you could by an album a month and put them on a private streaming server a la groovebasin/sandstorm.io?

JonathonW 11y ago

Apple has an Apple Music app [1] on the Play Store for Android, and is accessible through iTunes (ugh...) on the desktop on both Windows and Mac. (No Linux support unless you can coax iTunes into running on Wine, and no web UI.) Apple Music's reasonably viable as long as you're only using it on mobile; its viability on the desktop really depends on your ability to tolerate iTunes. Suffice it to say that I remained a Spotify user after my Apple Music trial was up, and I'm otherwise heavily invested in the Apple ecosystem. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.android.music&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.andr...

matthuggins 11y ago
Yeah... I have yet to accept the iTunes terms of service in the 2-ish years I've owned my latest macbook, and I don't plan to begin now. :)
mark_l_watson 11y ago
Wow, how long has an Android Apple Music app been available? I might have gone with Apple Music if I had known this a few months ago. With iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play music, it was a pain with duplicate music libraries. I went with Play Music (now gets ad-free youtube thrown in), but I might have made a different decision.
- fernandotakai 11y ago
  > Wow, how long has an Android Apple Music app been available? 6 days. and, for everyone's surprise, it's quite good. fast too.
  - wlesieutre 11y ago
    Some background on it here: http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/10/apple-music-comes-to-android/ http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/10/apple-music-comes-to-androi... He's being a bit cute with the "little hamburger" remark, but I still chuckled. Better than invisible "swipe from edge" menus if you ask me.

spankalee 11y ago

If you still have an existing CD or MP3 collection, then uploading it to Google Play Music is a great option. From there you can use the ad-supported radio and buy albums/songs, or subscribe and get ad-free radio, ad-free YouTube, and all-access to most of the store catalog. Play Music's web interface is very good, but I can't say whether you'd like it more or less than Rdio and Spotify.

ryanSrich 11y ago

Apple music is not usable with any device. Just to name a few issues I've personally experienced: - Not being able to listen to music because itunes said I wasn't signed in. (of course I was and the only way to fix it was to restart my computer.) This error happens a few times per month. - Songs not playing and getting an alert error with some random code that results in searching countless threads online. This happens multiple times per day. - There's no way to get to an artist from a song...think about that. You can't click on the artists name or select it from the dropdown menu while a song is playing...So you have to search the song and then select the artists name in the search results. - Absolutely no concept of syncing. Create a playlist on your computer and it might show up on your phone? Create one on your phone and edit it on your computer, but the changes don't reflect across devices. Everything just goes to shit. - Extremely slow clunky UI. Click a button or link and wait 1-2 seconds for some random UI thing to pop up so you can do whatever it is you set out to do. - Click any tab in the top navigation with the window set ot 50%0 of the screen and the UI will flutter quite a bit making you select a tab you didn't want to. - Click on a playlist that apple made and get an error saying something like "This playlist is currently not available". This happens at least once per week. ...I could go on and on. The ONLY thing Apple music gets right is recommendations. IMO It is by far the worst piece of software Apple has ever release.

LargeCompanies 11y ago
Apple Music's UI/UX is not only terrible it can prove deadly if used while driving. I know we shouldn't be messing with our music apps while driving but a good majority does. Using Siri and Apple Music for the most part works like a charm and is helpful in terms of keeping one safe while driving/enjoying their music subscription app.
zw 11y ago
I have nothing to say about your other issues (I haven't experienced most of them; I'm quite happy with the service), but the banner at the top of the More (…) menu takes you to the album of a song, which then easily leads to the Artist page. Do it all the time, takes me half a second.
shinratdr 11y ago

shavenwarthog2 11y ago

I second this. I've been an extremely happy paid subscriber to Rdio for years. I generally listen to full albums on the desktop (at work), with a moderate bit of classical. Rdio lets me find out about a specific musician/composer, then I get get to listen to a lot of their recorded output for free immediately, and repeat albums as much as I want. RIP Rdio, you were awesome!

habizan 11y ago

I'm a Canadian and have been a happy user of Deezer for several years: http://deezer.com http://deezer.com

lenocinor 11y ago

Have you looked at Spotify's classical music selection lately? Doing a rough tally, my playlists have over 6,000 classical songs on them, so I listen to a lot of classical, and something like 98% of what I look for is on Spotify, from early stuff all the way through modern classical.