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It's funny, I had the opposite experience - Spotify understood my taste while Apple Music didn't. (Specifically, Apple Music pushed a lot more Hip Hop/R&B music

It's funny, I had the opposite experience - Spotify understood my taste while Apple Music didn't. (Specifically, Apple Music pushed a lot more Hip Hop/R&B music than I was used to - this was in early 2016 mind you so things may have changed since).

jachee 2y ago
In my experience with both (currently subscribed to both) Spotify is quicker to extrapolate from less information, and Apple is more patient and observes longer-term patterns. They both eventually get to my tastes, but I can more-rapidly alter the primary genres of my Daily Playlists on Spotify than I can of the various weekly playlists on Apple Music. I like each for its own reasons, though if I had to choose one forever, I’d probably pick Apple, but it wouldn’t be by a landslide. :)
- mgkimsal 2y ago
  Had opposite experience with spotify. I used my wife's account one time, and played an hour of nature music. 3 of her daily mixes for the next several months were nature sounds, whale music, etc. No amount of playing other types of music seemed to have any effect. Was getting ready to shut the account down and retry (or move away), but it started to get better.
- radicality 2y ago
  I regularly do a full data request from them, (and imo everyone should, never know when one day they’ll just delete all your playlists). Would be cool if I import my detailed listening data from Spotify into Apple Music and basically pre-train their recommendations for me to conclude if it’s better/worse than Spotify’s.
rootusrootus 2y ago
Similar, and recently. Apple Music has some wild ideas of what music I'd like to hear, and if one of my kids plays a song on my account I'm in for the extra special treat of hearing a lot of their music for a while. Even constantly telling Music that I don't like the songs. Spotify has been nearly magic in its ability to predict what I would enjoy listening to.
tourmalinetaco 2y ago
This, and AM had a horrible penchant to get “stuck” on certain genres/artists, and focus primarily on what I already liked, even when moving to other genres. I did successfully find some new songs I liked, but Spotify had a much better hit/miss ratio, especially with foreign and indie bands.

jachee 2y ago

In my experience with both (currently subscribed to both) Spotify is quicker to extrapolate from less information, and Apple is more patient and observes longer-term patterns. They both eventually get to my tastes, but I can more-rapidly alter the primary genres of my Daily Playlists on Spotify than I can of the various weekly playlists on Apple Music. I like each for its own reasons, though if I had to choose one forever, I’d probably pick Apple, but it wouldn’t be by a landslide. :)

mgkimsal 2y ago
Had opposite experience with spotify. I used my wife's account one time, and played an hour of nature music. 3 of her daily mixes for the next several months were nature sounds, whale music, etc. No amount of playing other types of music seemed to have any effect. Was getting ready to shut the account down and retry (or move away), but it started to get better.
radicality 2y ago
I regularly do a full data request from them, (and imo everyone should, never know when one day they’ll just delete all your playlists). Would be cool if I import my detailed listening data from Spotify into Apple Music and basically pre-train their recommendations for me to conclude if it’s better/worse than Spotify’s.

rootusrootus 2y ago

Similar, and recently. Apple Music has some wild ideas of what music I'd like to hear, and if one of my kids plays a song on my account I'm in for the extra special treat of hearing a lot of their music for a while. Even constantly telling Music that I don't like the songs. Spotify has been nearly magic in its ability to predict what I would enjoy listening to.

tourmalinetaco 2y ago

This, and AM had a horrible penchant to get “stuck” on certain genres/artists, and focus primarily on what I already liked, even when moving to other genres. I did successfully find some new songs I liked, but Spotify had a much better hit/miss ratio, especially with foreign and indie bands.