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As someone who just made this choice, let me add some insight. - My friends use Spotify - Larger library - Well made playlists - Social feed In the end, th

As someone who just made this choice, let me add some insight. - My friends use Spotify - Larger library - Well made playlists - Social feed In the end, they are very similar products. I feel that Spotify has a huge head start on Google here, and it shows. The more mature product is Spotify. I think Google can't really compete in terms of curation and popularity. Really, the edge cases of "music that is not on Spotify" ends up being so small that Google's upload your own music feature doesn't tip it in their favor. At least in my eyes.

Thaxll 9y ago
Larger library? They all use the same base library afaik.
- deelowe 9y ago
  I thought this as well. I used both for a while and never found instances where spotify had a lead.
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- esMazer 9y ago
  Spotify "Over 35M" [1] Google Music 40M [2] Apple Music 45M [3] [1]https://press.spotify.com/us/about/ https://press.spotify.com/us/about/ [2]https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp [3]https://www.apple.com/apple-music/ https://www.apple.com/apple-music/
komali2 9y ago
Are there any specific artists that you've been able to find on Spotify but not on GPM? I haven't run into this problem yet (except one time when Mick Gordon maybe forgot to renew or something his Wolfestein soundtrack? It was fixed within a week though)
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- jklinger410 9y ago
  I am friends with several small music publishing groups (I hesitate to call them record labels) and every artist is excited to get their album up on Spotify...and that's it. Many of the self publishing activity that Soundcloud was/is famous for has moved over to Spotify. New releases from smaller acts seem to be Spotify FIRST right now.
letslightafire 9y ago
Yep, playlists are one of the reasons I use Spotify. The fact that you can search other playlists that other users made on Spotify and easily get curated lists relating to every genre makes the entire experience very nice. It's nice to just type in a genre or mood and get hundreds of playlists that fit the bill. For example, I like some noir movies and the jazz within that genre. There isn't a specific genre that most music playing devices would realize but Spotify has lots of user made playlists that has the type of music I want. Compared to Google's lackluster results https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/srst/noir+jazz/EAY https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/srst/noir+jazz/EAY I don't really think that iTunes or Google Play has the same thing, I may be wrong though.
skinnymuch 9y ago
Can you give an example of the larger library? Yeah I like the social feed. Wish you could get to it on mobile though.
- letslightafire 9y ago
  GPM has a lack of some international artists. This Taiwanese artist is on Spotify but not Google Play Music. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JBUyLiFvpFPWdZGqIGYLD?si=uqtOJxi_SDGKyPZPvPtaaQ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JBUyLiFvpFPWdZGqIGYLD?si=uq... https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/crowd+lu https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/crowd+lu Nothing except youtube, but that's just cheating. Same with this one. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tNjyz75Px29Yuf1sjs25G https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tNjyz75Px29Yuf1sjs25G https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/cosmos+people https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/cosmos+people
  - kissickas 9y ago
    Google Play Music has Jay-Z, as far as my research shows. (unfortunately I can't check as I have Spotify due to their network affect roping me in through a family plan) Is it really fair to say Spotify has a bigger library outright? Spotify claims to have 35m songs and GPM 40m. Not that that means much, either. The killer feature GPM has over Spotify is that you can upload your own tracks to fill the gaps wherever their library is lacking.
    - letslightafire 9y ago
      Spotify has Jay-Z as well.[0] I would say it's hard to really quantify which library has the larger selection as most of the differences would be completely obscure music that no one listens to. However, I haven't seen any artist on GPM that isn't on Spotify while the opposite can't be said. Spotify has the ability to upload music as well, however that is contingent on you having premium.[1] [0] https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB?si=j1tJUV4XRqKXFkzY7lRMgA https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB?si=j1... [1]https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-you-upload-your-own-music/td-p/41511 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-you-upl...
bogomipz 9y ago
>"Larger library" Uhm no they are all licensing the same content from the same 4 entities.

Thaxll 9y ago

Larger library? They all use the same base library afaik.

deelowe 9y ago
I thought this as well. I used both for a while and never found instances where spotify had a lead.
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esMazer 9y ago
Spotify "Over 35M" [1] Google Music 40M [2] Apple Music 45M [3] [1]https://press.spotify.com/us/about/ https://press.spotify.com/us/about/ [2]https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp https://play.google.com/music/listen#/sulp [3]https://www.apple.com/apple-music/ https://www.apple.com/apple-music/

komali2 9y ago

Are there any specific artists that you've been able to find on Spotify but not on GPM? I haven't run into this problem yet (except one time when Mick Gordon maybe forgot to renew or something his Wolfestein soundtrack? It was fixed within a week though)

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jklinger410 9y ago
I am friends with several small music publishing groups (I hesitate to call them record labels) and every artist is excited to get their album up on Spotify...and that's it. Many of the self publishing activity that Soundcloud was/is famous for has moved over to Spotify. New releases from smaller acts seem to be Spotify FIRST right now.

letslightafire 9y ago

Yep, playlists are one of the reasons I use Spotify. The fact that you can search other playlists that other users made on Spotify and easily get curated lists relating to every genre makes the entire experience very nice. It's nice to just type in a genre or mood and get hundreds of playlists that fit the bill. For example, I like some noir movies and the jazz within that genre. There isn't a specific genre that most music playing devices would realize but Spotify has lots of user made playlists that has the type of music I want. Compared to Google's lackluster results https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/srst/noir+jazz/EAY https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/srst/noir+jazz/EAY I don't really think that iTunes or Google Play has the same thing, I may be wrong though.

skinnymuch 9y ago

Can you give an example of the larger library? Yeah I like the social feed. Wish you could get to it on mobile though.

letslightafire 9y ago
GPM has a lack of some international artists. This Taiwanese artist is on Spotify but not Google Play Music. https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JBUyLiFvpFPWdZGqIGYLD?si=uqtOJxi_SDGKyPZPvPtaaQ https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JBUyLiFvpFPWdZGqIGYLD?si=uq... https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/crowd+lu https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/crowd+lu Nothing except youtube, but that's just cheating. Same with this one. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tNjyz75Px29Yuf1sjs25G https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tNjyz75Px29Yuf1sjs25G https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/cosmos+people https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/sr/cosmos+people
- kissickas 9y ago
  Google Play Music has Jay-Z, as far as my research shows. (unfortunately I can't check as I have Spotify due to their network affect roping me in through a family plan) Is it really fair to say Spotify has a bigger library outright? Spotify claims to have 35m songs and GPM 40m. Not that that means much, either. The killer feature GPM has over Spotify is that you can upload your own tracks to fill the gaps wherever their library is lacking.
  - letslightafire 9y ago
    Spotify has Jay-Z as well.[0] I would say it's hard to really quantify which library has the larger selection as most of the differences would be completely obscure music that no one listens to. However, I haven't seen any artist on GPM that isn't on Spotify while the opposite can't be said. Spotify has the ability to upload music as well, however that is contingent on you having premium.[1] [0] https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB?si=j1tJUV4XRqKXFkzY7lRMgA https://open.spotify.com/artist/3nFkdlSjzX9mRTtwJOzDYB?si=j1... [1]https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-you-upload-your-own-music/td-p/41511 https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Windows/Can-you-upl...

bogomipz 9y ago

>"Larger library" Uhm no they are all licensing the same content from the same 4 entities.