Re:Spotify opens on NYSE, valuing company at almost $30B
by lloeki on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @03:21AM
(#16752703)
I like Google Play Music, a lot, but:
- Google. Privacy.
- trying to shove the Android/Material UI on iOS, such
an impedance mismatch... I *hate* that.
- no dedicated client on desktop (so, no offline mode)
- the UI in the browser sucks (again, alien, and basically
*negative* information density if it could be so)
- uploading/downloading is a crapshoot[0] with official tools,
and the API is unofficial so hacks[1] may be short-lived.
So, again, I like GPM (and GPMAA) a lot, but only on Android.
The only thing I miss in Spotify from GPMAA/Apple Music+iTunes Match is the digital locker for seamless syncing of music I own.
FTR, despite having a native UI and digital locker, I moved from Apple Music to Spotify because discovery and reliability were terrible.
The only thing I miss in Spotify from GPMAA/Apple Music+iTunes Match is the digital locker for seamless syncing of music I own.
FTR, despite having a native UI and digital locker, I moved from Apple Music to Spotify because discovery and reliability were terrible.
[0]: official tools behave similarly to this: https://github.com/simon-weber/gmusicapi/issues/140
[1]: https://github.com/lloeki/ruby-skyjam