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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by freehunter on Sunday February 04, 2018 @08:59PM (#16306121)
I have just one complaint, and it's the Siri integration. I was having a frustrating day and I like a playlist called something like "chill" or "just chill" or "relax" or something like that... so I ask Siri to play relaxing music. Can't find it. Siri, play chill music. Can't find it. Siri, play chill playlist. You don't have a playlist called chill. Siri play calming music. Now playing Daft Punk "I Feel It Coming".

Everything else, eh the only good music UX was Zune, and Microsoft being Microsoft couldn't appreciate a good thing. But not having best-in-breed Siri integration is unacceptable and Siri is literally the only reason I use Apple Music. Now I'm re-thinking it.

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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by pwinnski on Monday February 05, 2018 @09:54AM (#16309066)
I just said: "Hey Siri, play my Chill Mix playlist" and it played just that.

But I also tried a few variations, and you're right: it is not fuzzy AT ALL. If I use literally any other word in that sentence, it doesn't work.

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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by rb808 on Sunday February 04, 2018 @11:30PM (#16306602)
On iTunes I see Chill Radio, Spa Radio, Down Tempo Radio and Electronic Radio which is pretty slow. I don't have Siri but maybe you should ask for one of those.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by freehunter on Monday February 05, 2018 @08:22AM (#16308567)
The point is Siri should have just a tiny bit of fuzziness so I don't have to say the exact right words. If I say "play classic rock" she does. If I say "play 80s music" she does. Not playing chill music when I ask breaks that expectation.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by lettergram on Sunday February 04, 2018 @09:13PM (#16306167)
It's kind of ironic, Zune was the only Microsoft product I enjoyed and recommended without question. Yet, they killed the thing
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by scarface74 on Monday February 05, 2018 @02:43AM (#16307250)
What killed it was it was too little too late. It came out November 2006 - right before the iPhone. By the time they introduced an answer to the iPod Touch. The App Store has been out for a year.
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Re:Apple Music on Track to Overtake Spotify in U.S. Subscribers by kyriakos on Monday February 05, 2018 @12:04AM (#16306715)
Sales killed it really
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