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Re:Music subscriber market shares Q2 2021 by reaperducer on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:56PM (#30014847)
I really don't like Apple Music's TASTE in music.

I'm with you there.

Apple (and really all the streaming services) are constantly crowing about how many millions of songs they have. How about some metric for how many good songs they have?

80% of my wife's record collection is not available on Apple Music, so I'm left ripping her records in what used to be my spare time.

The only reason we have Apple Music is for when an artist she follows puts out a new record, so she can listen to the album to decide if it's worth buying.

Also, Apple Music's Siri integration is horrendous. For example, no matter what request I shout to it, Siri can only play one particular song by Weird Al Yankovich. My guess is that there's something with the quotation marks commonly used in his name screwing up Apple's search mechanism.

I have high hopes for Apple's new classical streaming service. It has a chance to redeem itself there.

Re:Music subscriber market shares Q2 2021 by prox on Thursday January 20, 2022 @04:08PM (#30015041)
I recently bought https://jriver.com/ Jriver Media Center and it is a audiophile dream. I am going back to ripping my old CDs and having my own local library.
Re:Music subscriber market shares Q2 2021 by poulsbohemian on Thursday January 20, 2022 @03:58PM (#30014883)
>80% of my wife's record collection is not available on Apple Music

I'm really curious what kind of music is in her collection? I'm always amazed at the obscure stuff that is available... obscure jazz, klezmer, classical recordings, etc...

Re:Music subscriber market shares Q2 2021 by ryantgtg on Thursday January 20, 2022 @06:20PM (#30016821)
I’m not the person you’re replying to, but 80% of my record collection is not on AM (or spotify), as well. Hardcore punk!