Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good
by matt4077 on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @08:29PM
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I wish that were the only problem... Unfortunately, even as someone ready to embrace "Music as a service", it's quite frustrating. I only use it every few days, and I don't know how many times I've tried to find something in "Apple Music", only to get lost somewhere in the pay-to-own-store (which I've never used). It seems Apple Music just doesn't show up if they don't have it, or maybe when iTunes fails to connect to the authorization server (which would bring us to problem 2: hey Apple! How about something like 10 minutes grace period? I'm online 98% of the time, but iTunes seems to immediately stop if I'm not).
Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good
by sotojuan on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:18PM
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> I feel like it's designed to steer you away from the concept of having a music collection and toward a more fluid streaming approach.
This is definitely why. It's also why Apple barely pays attention to the iPod line and hasn't shown any interest in making a large storage device like the iPod classic (which I foolishly sold!).
In any case count me out. I'm on the brink of dumping Apple for all music. I hate things on principle that feel like they're designed to "guide me" toward a desired "consumer behavior."
I also hate what this does to music. Music isn't meaningful in this model. It's a formless uniform commodity that you consume on demand. Maybe that works for disposable pop that all sounds the same but not for music you care about.