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> If I choose to "like" a song, why is it not automatically saved to the so-called "library". I like that likes and add to library are distinct as they serve t
by lloeki 4y ago
> If I choose to "like" a song, why is it not automatically saved to the so-called "library".
I like that likes and add to library are distinct as they serve two very different purposes for me, but I would really like to have a "liked" playlist.
Other annoyances (on macOS): search in apple music vs library, the search box is on one end, the scope selector is on the other. Toggling it requires re-searching. It also gets covered by the right pane. "hey I'm actually searching" feedback is terrible, many parts are ungodly slow for no reason.
Oh and that search box has awful behaviour regarding focus, click, start typing, and somehow it gets focused only a second later, missing input and/or not clearing what's in there, or restoring the previous content. It seems to have about a thousand subtle failure modes that keep getting in the way extremely annoyingly.
Sadly (personal pov/use case) Apple Music is the "best" (== less worst) app/service out there, from the mobile UI to library management, tag editor, and BYOM+streaming.
Tangent: after some time peaking and being actually good, all these music apps/streaming services have become so annoying that I'm progressively rebuilding my library (including all the non-owned discoveries I made) as flat files served by Jellyfin, which will probably take me years but ultimately I'll be able to drop the increasingly crappy app+service verticals in favour of owned music + radio for discovery (there are a couple of great curated radios around here, and a few zines made out of thin slices of dead trees)
- heretogetout 4y agoI prefer to use the radio feature because I don't know exactly what I want to listen to and more importantly I want to learn about new artists. The fact that you can never see liked songs again is so frustrating. You can't even see a history of playback -- when you use radio. Astounding. I wonder how Apple engineers use the application. Are they not also frustrated?
- lloeki 4y agoNote that when I say radio I don't mean the Radio feature of Apple Music & al but actual FM/DAB radio stations! (which may or may not be available over shoutcast/icecast)