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Re:I Don't Have Spotify by kcrwfrd_ on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @12:53AM (#42113144)
Apple Music also integrates with your own music library, which is the killer feature for me.
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by ano-ther on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @02:24AM (#42113484)
Beware of the full integration though. It deleted the files I had from my CDs and replaced it with the Apple Music version.

Some items now stay greyed out because they don’t have a license. And some versions got replaced (eg, to the remastered ones).

Re:I Don't Have Spotify by dustincoates on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @12:55AM (#42113156)
As does YouTube Music
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by cwillu on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @05:00AM (#42114202)
I've had songs I uploaded later disappear due to their changing agreements with music providers. A google take-out contained the missing files so I was able to recover them, but I'll never again rely on such an integration.
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by dustincoates on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @09:00AM (#42115501)
Could it be hidden behind the "Uploads" section? I have a lot of songs that I've uploaded that aren't available on YouTube, but they don't show up unless you go out of your way to find them in their dedicated section.
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by Kiro on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @01:38AM (#42113325)
Doesn't Spotify as well?
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by jeltz on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @03:06AM (#42113664)
It used to, but then they removed it. They might have re-added it since though.
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by freetonik on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @01:57AM (#42113400)
Not really. Spotify's "add your music" feature has always been an afterthought, it's clunky and inconvenient. It doesn't really store your files in Cloud, like Apple Music does; it just allows you to access local files per device.
Re:I Don't Have Spotify by nobody9999 on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @02:18AM (#42113467)
>It doesn't really store your files in Cloud, like Apple Music does; it just allows you to access local files per device.

Perhaps things have changed, but 10 or so years ago I "uploaded" my music to Spotify and it didn't actually upload anything, nor did it play my local music.

Rather, spotify used whatever it had in its database with the same name/artist, which wasn't always the same recording or even the same song.

And then there were the ads. No thanks.

I have my own library of more than 22,000 tracks and use Winamp, Jellyfin and VLC to play them wherever I happen to be. No muss, no fuss, and most importantly, no ads.