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Apple Music is unusable, I don't get what the underlying concept is. Spotify, at least compared to Apple Music, is pretty easy to use.

threeseed 8y ago
The concept is pretty simple. It's an app for listening to music. There is your personal library, recommendations, radio station etc. I honestly don't know how the app could be made any simpler.
chrisseaton 8y ago
> I don't get what the underlying concept is It's an app for listening to music. You get a search box and a list of music you've saved. What more concept is there to get?
- Pulcinella 8y ago
  The “For you,” “Browse,” and “Radio” tabs in music.app are unnecessary. They are just ads for apple music. I also don’t like how much the music app advertises music I don’t own. I just want to listen to my music, not accidentally tap an album I don’t own and be taken to a store page to purchase it.
  - chipotle_coyote 8y ago
    In iTunes (which is what this thread is actually about), you can always uncheck the box "Show Apple Music Features." There is a similar slider control, "Show Apple Music," that can be turned off in the iOS Music Settings. (Also, given that many millions of us actually use Apple Music, describing these tabs as "just ads" is incorrect. They're tabs that do things. I'd agree that those tabs should be hidden by default if you're not an Apple Music subscriber, though.)
copperx 8y ago
The only thing that I miss from the Apple ecosystem is Apple Music. I like to listen to music by albums, and Apple Music does that wonderfully. Spotify seems to be tailored to consume music on a track by track basis.
qt4apologist 8y ago
Thank you! I agree completely. It's like there's some flow that it's optimized for, but I have no idea what that flow is. I want to find music, then play music. Half the time when I search, it doesn't find anything, even though I know it's there. The other half the time I search, it shows me an overwhelming number of possibilities, each slightly different, with no way to tell which was the one I intended. Then there's the "card" that pops up with what's playing, but which won't come up when I need it to, and always comes up when I'm trying to do something else. The buttons to do something with the music, like add it, remove it, etc. are never where I think they're going to be, so I end up playing point and click games like some bad adventure from the 90s. "Does this control do it? Nope. How 'bout this one? Nope. This one? That's it! I've unlocked a basic feature that should have been obvious!"

threeseed 8y ago

The concept is pretty simple. It's an app for listening to music. There is your personal library, recommendations, radio station etc. I honestly don't know how the app could be made any simpler.

chrisseaton 8y ago

> I don't get what the underlying concept is It's an app for listening to music. You get a search box and a list of music you've saved. What more concept is there to get?

Pulcinella 8y ago
The “For you,” “Browse,” and “Radio” tabs in music.app are unnecessary. They are just ads for apple music. I also don’t like how much the music app advertises music I don’t own. I just want to listen to my music, not accidentally tap an album I don’t own and be taken to a store page to purchase it.
- chipotle_coyote 8y ago
  In iTunes (which is what this thread is actually about), you can always uncheck the box "Show Apple Music Features." There is a similar slider control, "Show Apple Music," that can be turned off in the iOS Music Settings. (Also, given that many millions of us actually use Apple Music, describing these tabs as "just ads" is incorrect. They're tabs that do things. I'd agree that those tabs should be hidden by default if you're not an Apple Music subscriber, though.)

copperx 8y ago

The only thing that I miss from the Apple ecosystem is Apple Music. I like to listen to music by albums, and Apple Music does that wonderfully. Spotify seems to be tailored to consume music on a track by track basis.

qt4apologist 8y ago

Thank you! I agree completely. It's like there's some flow that it's optimized for, but I have no idea what that flow is. I want to find music, then play music. Half the time when I search, it doesn't find anything, even though I know it's there. The other half the time I search, it shows me an overwhelming number of possibilities, each slightly different, with no way to tell which was the one I intended. Then there's the "card" that pops up with what's playing, but which won't come up when I need it to, and always comes up when I'm trying to do something else. The buttons to do something with the music, like add it, remove it, etc. are never where I think they're going to be, so I end up playing point and click games like some bad adventure from the 90s. "Does this control do it? Nope. How 'bout this one? Nope. This one? That's it! I've unlocked a basic feature that should have been obvious!"