Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good

Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by bydo on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @10:59PM (#11719407)

Issue 1: Settings App -> Music -> Show Apple Music (toggle this off, obviously)

Issue 2: iTunes being so terrible is probably the best argument against resolving Issue 1.

I believe the default is not to automatically use Apple Music, though, and rather to prompt the user to try it. I know that I declined, and haven't seen it since.

Though the iOS Music app has been getting worse every year regardless. I keep meaning to write a replacement that just operates mostly the way it did until iOS 6 or 7.

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by hudibras on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @02:54AM (#11720252)

> Issue 1: Settings App -> Music -> Show Apple Music (toggle this off, obviously)

I was secretly hoping that somebody would post the solution to the problem, so I just excitedly opened up the Music section on my Ipod touch...only to find that there is no "Show Apple Music" slider. I just googled it again and found a page with your same solution[0] which says it should work on the ipod and includes a screenshot, but my ipod doesn't have that section. When I get home, I'll try disabling Apple Music on iTunes to see if that works.

I love living in the future.

[0]http://osxdaily.com/2015/07/31/hide-apple-music-ios-itunes/

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by cheshire137 on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @01:35AM (#11719981)

So I have "Show Apple Music" set to off in Settings, yet still when I get out in the boonies with a really weak cell signal, opening Music will result in a black Apple Music splash page that never fully loads, blocking me from accessing all the music I've synced to my iPhone. I end up having to turn on Airplane Mode to access the songs on my device. It's so stupid.

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by hudibras on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @03:06AM (#11720286)

This happens to me, too, about once a week. I get a splash screen that won't go away until I do a hard "force close" on the app.

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by sosborn on Tuesday May 17, 2016 @11:24PM (#11719491)

> I keep meaning to write a replacement that just operates mostly the way it did until iOS 6 or 7.

We should partner up and procrastinate together.

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by cannam on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @05:07AM (#11720652)

> We should partner up and procrastinate together.

"Displacement Activity Swap Shop" http://www.halfbakery.com/idea/Displacement_20Activity_20Swa...

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by MaysonL on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:18AM (#11719699)

> We should partner up and procrastinate together

I would join that club.

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by Natanael_L on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @05:45AM (#11720761)

I'd think about it, but I'd never get to applying

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by orkoden on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @05:27AM (#11720712)

Also go to

Settings App -> General -> Restrictions -> Apple Music Connect (toggle to off)

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Re:Why Apple Music is So Bad When the iPhone is so Good by hudibras on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @07:37AM (#11721173)

We did it! It worked!

So the trick is to first enable Restrictions, then toggle off Apple Music Connect, then do what bydo says in his comment above (Settings App -> Music -> Show Apple Music (off)).

Pretty intuitive really. Great work everybody.

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