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Apple Music also integrates with your own music library, which is the killer feature for me.

by kcrwfrd_ 2y ago

dustincoates 2y ago
As does YouTube Music
- cwillu 2y ago
  I've had songs I uploaded later disappear due to their changing agreements with music providers. A google take-out contained the missing files so I was able to recover them, but I'll never again rely on such an integration.
  - dustincoates 2y ago
    Could it be hidden behind the "Uploads" section? I have a lot of songs that I've uploaded that aren't available on YouTube, but they don't show up unless you go out of your way to find them in their dedicated section.
Kiro 2y ago
Doesn't Spotify as well?
- freetonik 2y ago
  Not really. Spotify's "add your music" feature has always been an afterthought, it's clunky and inconvenient. It doesn't really store your files in Cloud, like Apple Music does; it just allows you to access local files per device.
  - nobody9999 2y ago
    >It doesn't really store your files in Cloud, like Apple Music does; it just allows you to access local files per device. Perhaps things have changed, but 10 or so years ago I "uploaded" my music to Spotify and it didn't actually upload anything, nor did it play my local music. Rather, spotify used whatever it had in its database with the same name/artist, which wasn't always the same recording or even the same song. And then there were the ads. No thanks. I have my own library of more than 22,000 tracks and use Winamp, Jellyfin and VLC to play them wherever I happen to be. No muss, no fuss, and most importantly, no ads.
- jeltz 2y ago
  It used to, but then they removed it. They might have re-added it since though.
ano-ther 2y ago
Beware of the full integration though. It deleted the files I had from my CDs and replaced it with the Apple Music version. Some items now stay greyed out because they don’t have a license. And some versions got replaced (eg, to the remastered ones).

Apple Music also integrates with your own music library, which is the killer feature for me.

dustincoates 2y ago

As does YouTube Music

cwillu 2y ago
I've had songs I uploaded later disappear due to their changing agreements with music providers. A google take-out contained the missing files so I was able to recover them, but I'll never again rely on such an integration.
- dustincoates 2y ago
  Could it be hidden behind the "Uploads" section? I have a lot of songs that I've uploaded that aren't available on YouTube, but they don't show up unless you go out of your way to find them in their dedicated section.

Kiro 2y ago

Doesn't Spotify as well?

freetonik 2y ago
Not really. Spotify's "add your music" feature has always been an afterthought, it's clunky and inconvenient. It doesn't really store your files in Cloud, like Apple Music does; it just allows you to access local files per device.
- nobody9999 2y ago
  >It doesn't really store your files in Cloud, like Apple Music does; it just allows you to access local files per device. Perhaps things have changed, but 10 or so years ago I "uploaded" my music to Spotify and it didn't actually upload anything, nor did it play my local music. Rather, spotify used whatever it had in its database with the same name/artist, which wasn't always the same recording or even the same song. And then there were the ads. No thanks. I have my own library of more than 22,000 tracks and use Winamp, Jellyfin and VLC to play them wherever I happen to be. No muss, no fuss, and most importantly, no ads.
jeltz 2y ago
It used to, but then they removed it. They might have re-added it since though.

ano-ther 2y ago

Beware of the full integration though. It deleted the files I had from my CDs and replaced it with the Apple Music version. Some items now stay greyed out because they don’t have a license. And some versions got replaced (eg, to the remastered ones).