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I think there’s a strong case to be made for companies that do one thing and do it extremely well. A feature can be cut. It can be abandoned. It can be the thin

I think there’s a strong case to be made for companies that do one thing and do it extremely well. A feature can be cut. It can be abandoned. It can be the thing no one wants to work with because it gets the reputation of being the department where careers go to die. Whereas a feature as product means it’s more likely to stick around. They have nothing to do but build and maintain this feature. They have the luxury of working out the edgiest of edge cases. But I guess the pointless file manager shows the downside of features as product. One the product is complete and largely bug free, marketing and engineers get itchy in their unique ways.

pandalicious 7y ago
Spotify vs Google Play Music is the perfect showcase for this. They both get the job done but Spotify is better in so many small ways. Meanwhile, instead of being improved, GPM is in the process of being abandoned for the new shiny thing, Youtube Music.
- plopz 7y ago
  I've been looking for an alternative to Google Play Music. I only use it to sync my albums from my pc to my phone and play them offline in the car. Does Spotify have a feature like that? Edit: It looks like you have to pay for it and the music has to be in playlists. Not quite what I'd like.
  - criddell 7y ago
    I believe Spotify allows you to upload 10,000 tracks.
- vageli 7y ago
  > Spotify vs Google Play Music is the perfect showcase for this. They both get the job done but Spotify is better in so many small ways. Meanwhile, instead of being improved, GPM is in the process of being abandoned for the new shiny thing, Youtube Music. What degredation have you noticed that makes you think it is being abandoned?
  - criddell 7y ago
    When they shut down the artist portal they said this: > With the launch of YouTube Music last year, we eventually plan to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. In anticipation of this change, we are shutting down the Artist Hub. Source: https://9to5google.com/2019/04/03/google-play-music-shutdown-starts/ https://9to5google.com/2019/04/03/google-play-music-shutdown...
    - vageli 7y ago
      Ah I had not seen this. Thank you!

pandalicious 7y ago

Spotify vs Google Play Music is the perfect showcase for this. They both get the job done but Spotify is better in so many small ways. Meanwhile, instead of being improved, GPM is in the process of being abandoned for the new shiny thing, Youtube Music.

plopz 7y ago
I've been looking for an alternative to Google Play Music. I only use it to sync my albums from my pc to my phone and play them offline in the car. Does Spotify have a feature like that? Edit: It looks like you have to pay for it and the music has to be in playlists. Not quite what I'd like.
- criddell 7y ago
  I believe Spotify allows you to upload 10,000 tracks.
vageli 7y ago
> Spotify vs Google Play Music is the perfect showcase for this. They both get the job done but Spotify is better in so many small ways. Meanwhile, instead of being improved, GPM is in the process of being abandoned for the new shiny thing, Youtube Music. What degredation have you noticed that makes you think it is being abandoned?
- criddell 7y ago
  When they shut down the artist portal they said this: > With the launch of YouTube Music last year, we eventually plan to replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. In anticipation of this change, we are shutting down the Artist Hub. Source: https://9to5google.com/2019/04/03/google-play-music-shutdown-starts/ https://9to5google.com/2019/04/03/google-play-music-shutdown...
  - vageli 7y ago
    Ah I had not seen this. Thank you!