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> and there really isn't much of a difference except for the curated lists. I recently switched to Play Music, because they seem to be much friendlier to my ba

> and there really isn't much of a difference except for the curated lists. I recently switched to Play Music, because they seem to be much friendlier to my battery life than Spotify. I also prefer their algorithmic discovery features to Spotify's primarily human-curated approach (which inherently favours what's mainstream over what I like).

viraptor 10y ago
I ended up with Play Music for pretty much the same reason. The only feature I miss these days is the slider from last.fm - going from known to obscure. I'd love to have that in Google Play, as well as a switch in the radio that disables music I already have in the library. Basically "play things based on my playlist, but not anything I heard before, and remove any radio-pop-crap"
merijnv 10y ago
The Spotify "Discover Weekly" seems to do pretty well at finding stuff I like. Although it does seem to be a bit biased toward some of my tastes more than others.
- vintermann 10y ago
  Yeah, I've noticed that too. Probably it's a keys under street light phenomenon, that it prefers to search where it can find the keys (should they be there) than where they probably are but they wouldn't be able to find them anyway. This might explain why they seem overly weighted towards Swedish music in my DW.
- Nullabillity 10y ago
  Discover Weekly worked great for me too, but I found it annoying to have to wait for another one-week cycle (and inevitably losing some great song that I forgot to save...).
eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y ago
I made the same switch and this is coming from someone who uses an iPhone and Mac. Agreed on Spotify -- the helper app is always freaking out and using 100% CPU. I wish there was an official Play app on the desktop, but the third party ones work pretty well (I really only need the keyboard shortcuts). The Play iOS app is fantastic and quick.
- Nullabillity 10y ago
  > (I really only need the keyboard shortcuts). I'd prefer to have a standalone client as well, but the keyboard shortcuts work fine for me with just the web app. Chrome on Linux and Windows.

viraptor 10y ago

I ended up with Play Music for pretty much the same reason. The only feature I miss these days is the slider from last.fm - going from known to obscure. I'd love to have that in Google Play, as well as a switch in the radio that disables music I already have in the library. Basically "play things based on my playlist, but not anything I heard before, and remove any radio-pop-crap"

merijnv 10y ago

The Spotify "Discover Weekly" seems to do pretty well at finding stuff I like. Although it does seem to be a bit biased toward some of my tastes more than others.

vintermann 10y ago
Yeah, I've noticed that too. Probably it's a keys under street light phenomenon, that it prefers to search where it can find the keys (should they be there) than where they probably are but they wouldn't be able to find them anyway. This might explain why they seem overly weighted towards Swedish music in my DW.
Nullabillity 10y ago
Discover Weekly worked great for me too, but I found it annoying to have to wait for another one-week cycle (and inevitably losing some great song that I forgot to save...).

eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y ago

I made the same switch and this is coming from someone who uses an iPhone and Mac. Agreed on Spotify -- the helper app is always freaking out and using 100% CPU. I wish there was an official Play app on the desktop, but the third party ones work pretty well (I really only need the keyboard shortcuts). The Play iOS app is fantastic and quick.

Nullabillity 10y ago
> (I really only need the keyboard shortcuts). I'd prefer to have a standalone client as well, but the keyboard shortcuts work fine for me with just the web app. Chrome on Linux and Windows.