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I’m not a fan of Spotify but I don’t want to give up community playlists/discovery features. Also Spotify works with everything. If it has a speaker and any kin
by joshstrange 2y ago
I’m not a fan of Spotify but I don’t want to give up community playlists/discovery features. Also Spotify works with everything. If it has a speaker and any kind of App Store (or even “only blessed developers” App Store, aka infotainment systems and the like) then there is a Spotify app.
Apple Music is the clear alternative (for me) but the last time I tried it (to be fair, it was 4+ years ago) I hated the UI. Also, integrations with other devices were hit and miss unless you were using AirPlay. Nowadays Apple Music might fit my needs nicely so I should give it another shot.
I will never listen to a podcast on Spotify (they are a cancer to the podcasting industry, anyone who cares about the podcasting medium should not be using Spotify for podcasts) and while I have less of a aversion to their audiobooks I already have my workflow for audiobooks that I love (Audible->rip->Plex->Prologue).
Maybe I’m the weird one but I _hate_ having music, podcasts, and audiobooks together in one app. I want to switch between these 3 things picking up right where I left. I can open Overcast and hit play and pick up on the last podcast I was listening to. I have a lock screen complication to launch Prologue and pick up where I was in my book. And for Spotify I can start listening right where I left off in a playlist. The idea of combining those into 1 app sounds horrible.