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Spotify is way ahead of Apple Music on everything to do with discovery. I tried to switch to Apple Music (mostly for the Homepod Mini support) and really dislik

Spotify is way ahead of Apple Music on everything to do with discovery. I tried to switch to Apple Music (mostly for the Homepod Mini support) and really disliked the apple music app.

immigrantsheep 6y ago
I had the same experience. I went into it and really wanted to buy into Apple Music but after a couple of painful months I went back to Spotify.
kitsunesoba 6y ago
It's interesting, I had the opposite experience. Years ago used Spotify and found that Discover Weekly rarely had anything I'd actually want to listen to, whereas with Apple Music's New Music Mix I'm adding the songs it digs up fairly frequently. Might have to do with preferred genres.
- andrewmcwatters 6y ago
  Some leaks in the past suggest Discover Weekly simply searches through other users' liked songs and if you like Artist A and they like Artist A and B, and you haven't checked out B yet, there's a better chance you'll like Artist B over C that neither of you have heard before.
  - ak217 6y ago
    They're not leaks, they literally had talks and blog posts about it. https://www.slideshare.net/MrChrisJohnson/from-idea-to-execution-spotifys-discover-weekly https://www.slideshare.net/MrChrisJohnson/from-idea-to-execu...
- chipotle_coyote 6y ago
  I didn't have great luck with Discover Weekly either, but I also suspect that there was a familiarity bias in play -- Apple Music was the first service I paid for, so I stuck with it and found lots of things that I really liked. When I tried Spotify a few months ago for a while, it just didn't feel like it was materially better and I found the UI a little confusing (see: familiarity bias), so there didn't seem to be any reason to switch. I have a suspicion that if I'd actually paid for Spotify and stuck with it for a few years, though, the reverse would be true. My gut feeling is that these two services just aren't different enough in practice to make switching between them worth it for most users, unless they want a feature in the larger ecosystem (e.g., AirPlay 2 or Spotify Connect).
  - jolux 6y ago
    I've used both on and off, for a couple years each. Ultimately what made me come back to Music was simplicity and ecosystem integration. Big fan of the social features in Spotify though, like the Wrapped "year in review" feature.

Spotify is way ahead of Apple Music on everything to do with discovery. I tried to switch to Apple Music (mostly for the Homepod Mini support) and really disliked the apple music app.

immigrantsheep 6y ago

I had the same experience. I went into it and really wanted to buy into Apple Music but after a couple of painful months I went back to Spotify.

kitsunesoba 6y ago

It's interesting, I had the opposite experience. Years ago used Spotify and found that Discover Weekly rarely had anything I'd actually want to listen to, whereas with Apple Music's New Music Mix I'm adding the songs it digs up fairly frequently. Might have to do with preferred genres.

andrewmcwatters 6y ago
Some leaks in the past suggest Discover Weekly simply searches through other users' liked songs and if you like Artist A and they like Artist A and B, and you haven't checked out B yet, there's a better chance you'll like Artist B over C that neither of you have heard before.
- ak217 6y ago
  They're not leaks, they literally had talks and blog posts about it. https://www.slideshare.net/MrChrisJohnson/from-idea-to-execution-spotifys-discover-weekly https://www.slideshare.net/MrChrisJohnson/from-idea-to-execu...
chipotle_coyote 6y ago
I didn't have great luck with Discover Weekly either, but I also suspect that there was a familiarity bias in play -- Apple Music was the first service I paid for, so I stuck with it and found lots of things that I really liked. When I tried Spotify a few months ago for a while, it just didn't feel like it was materially better and I found the UI a little confusing (see: familiarity bias), so there didn't seem to be any reason to switch. I have a suspicion that if I'd actually paid for Spotify and stuck with it for a few years, though, the reverse would be true. My gut feeling is that these two services just aren't different enough in practice to make switching between them worth it for most users, unless they want a feature in the larger ecosystem (e.g., AirPlay 2 or Spotify Connect).
- jolux 6y ago
  I've used both on and off, for a couple years each. Ultimately what made me come back to Music was simplicity and ecosystem integration. Big fan of the social features in Spotify though, like the Wrapped "year in review" feature.