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I am fully bought in to the Apple ecosystem, but Apple Music is the poison pill that has me questioning this new prison I have chosen. The iOS app wastes three

I am fully bought in to the Apple ecosystem, but Apple Music is the poison pill that has me questioning this new prison I have chosen. The iOS app wastes three out of five buttons at the bottom that I can't change to something useful: "Listen Now" "Browse" "Radio" are all weak "discovery" tools that are probably more about label kickbacks than actually helping me find new music that I like. And really, I don't need your discovery Apple - what I need is better library discovery/organization tools because I have a massive library which is unwieldy in your crap apps. The album-centric focus is a huge PitA due to singles. Give me an Artist playlist that doesn't take up a precious playlist slot. Maybe this isn't entirely Apple's fault, but when I see greyed out songs or albums that were once there that aren't anymore, I feel pushed to stop giving these scumbag labels my cash through your service. I left out the bugs, but I feel that the quality of their flagship services product makes them look like a dying company, not a premium brand worth 2.5t$

pupppet 4y ago
I can’t stand the iOS Apple Music button setup. Library > Playlists > Playlist name > Play/Shuffle Four taps just to get my own music to start playing. Maddening that 3 of the 5 buttons are dedicated to not my music.
- concinds 4y ago
  It's especially horrible if you have lots of playlists, and like to add playlists from Apple Music to your library. You can't add Apple Music playlists to playlist folders, and playlists can only be sorted alphabetically. On the Mac, your playlist folders are on top; then Apple Music playlists & your playlists are mixed together. On iPhone, it's reversed; Apple Music playlists, then your folders, forcing you to scroll all the way down to get to your playlists. And on Mac you can't add a song to a new playlist in a playlist folder directly; you need to add a song to a new playlist, and drag that playlist (that isn't highlighted) all the way up to the right folder. Yuck.

pupppet 4y ago

I can’t stand the iOS Apple Music button setup. Library > Playlists > Playlist name > Play/Shuffle Four taps just to get my own music to start playing. Maddening that 3 of the 5 buttons are dedicated to not my music.

concinds 4y ago
It's especially horrible if you have lots of playlists, and like to add playlists from Apple Music to your library. You can't add Apple Music playlists to playlist folders, and playlists can only be sorted alphabetically. On the Mac, your playlist folders are on top; then Apple Music playlists & your playlists are mixed together. On iPhone, it's reversed; Apple Music playlists, then your folders, forcing you to scroll all the way down to get to your playlists. And on Mac you can't add a song to a new playlist in a playlist folder directly; you need to add a song to a new playlist, and drag that playlist (that isn't highlighted) all the way up to the right folder. Yuck.