Apple Music came to us on June 30, in a month and a few days it will be its first year of life, and the truth is that we have to take stock. I, I have been one of those users who have been using Apple's music streaming platform since the first day it was available, the possibility that the integration was as good between my Apple devices as other applications made me forget at a stroke My travel companion all this time, Spotify, however, not everything was as beautiful as they painted it, it is for that and other reasons that I want to tell you, the time has come to return to Spotify, goodbye Apple Music, it was nice while it lasted ...
We are going to start the house with the roof, since as many of you can imagine, the main reason for my return to Spotify, the pioneer, is that they have definitely decided to also compete in terms of prices with Apple Music, and have decided to lower the Family plan up to € 14,99 for a total of up to six users. This has been the most successful move that Spotify has made in a long time, and without a doubt, the fruits are going to begin to arrive in a very short time. It took a few hours since the announcement of the new Spotify family plans for me to get in touch with the members of the Apple group "En Familia" that I manage, the rubric was simple:
"Guys, our relationship with Apple Music is over, we are going home, we are going back to Spotify"
No, we are not in a democracy, in fact, nobody presented the slightest opposition, many were already with the fly behind their ears, seeing that Apple Music is not all that it offers, especially the members of this group whose only Apple device is the iPhone. And so we are, right now I'm writing to you listening "In the Night" by the group The Weeknd.
And why has Spotify beat Apple Music?
We will start from the main premise. The integration, which Apple supposes for all its devices and applications, is not such with Apple Music. The greatest exponent of Apple Music integration is the ability to view our lists on any device where we log in, something that Spotify has allowed for a long time. Nevertheless, the remote control is something that Apple Music does not have and Spotify does, and honestly, for those who have a PlayStation 4, an Apple TV or an Android Box as a multimedia center, nothing better than Spotify, we can select our list or song directly from the iPhone and choose to play it on said multimedia device, so we will control the music throughout the house, without the need to return to the living room to control the Hi-Fi.
But Apple Music is integrated with Siri you will say, yes well ... Who uses Siri? Let's focus on what's important, performance. It is not rare the occasion in which Apple Music fails me, not because the servers crash, but because by chance the less popular singers decide that the song is not available today, no matter how much you press Play, it does not play, and it's your turn move on to another list, no gentlemen of Apple, not like this.
Mention a part deserves the design and navigation, as slow as possible, inappropriate for Apple, no matter what platform you use, both iTunes and Music for iOS, the application makes putting a list in a few taps into a nightmare, in fact, I often used Siri just to avoid me that tedious and slow user interface. I do not deny that with a good update Apple Music will become what it should have been, but there is a lot of work ahead for Apple engineers, and this is not my saying, Eddy Cue himself has confirmed it.
We are not going to mention the section at all @Connect, because the failure has been so resounding that I could not even dedicate a few words to his funeral. These are the reasons friends, why I have returned to Spotify, me, and my group «En Familia». Apple Music hasn't hurt Spotify, it has made it stronger.
Hopefully the Apple Music rumors for iOS 10 make me change my mind.
I don't give a damn what music service you use. Your subjective things should be shared with your group and there no more.
Go yellowish, this is the news section? It should be in the opinion if it exists
Your opinions have not been relevant for a long time, Miguel, let's see if you find out. You make incendiary articles with the sole intention of attracting attention and receiving visitors. Today you speak well of Apple Music, tomorrow bad, the other of good play. You are a weather vane and you know it. Keep your opinions to yourself, you don't believe them or you.
With apple music and air play you can also send the audio anywhere in your home.
To any device that is compatible with AirPlay, which is not exactly many, David mate.
However, Spotify is compatible with Android, PS4, Xbox, Mac, PC….
It seemed like an accurate note to me, because it has also happened to me not being able to listen to music suddenly and worst of all: all the music that I download with Apple music to the iPhone was erased and I have to download it again album by album because it also doesn't have an option to download all downloaded music ... I think I'll give Spotify a try.
I read that right, can you now use Spotify on Apple TV?
What a misleading headline.
What is a personal blog? Or news of the iPhone
What a misleading headline. What is your personal blog or an iPhone news website?
Your opinion is very acceptable, the two platforms have their pros and cons and it is a reality that Apple Music lacks a lot to be at the level of Spotify. I was always a big fan of Spotify, but when Apple Music came out I didn't think twice and started using the family service.
Now that Spotify announces that its family package is going down in price, I thought ok, let's see if we give it another chance and do you know what my response has been? a resounding No and do you know why? Because being a user who listens to indie music, Asian music (Japanese, Korean, Russian, etc.) I can tell you that you won't find any of that on Spotify, and if you don't believe me, just put something by Ayumi Hamasaki, Park Ji Yoon , Koyote, nothing at all, just cover artists.
That is the reason why I am going to continue using Apple Music waiting for them to correct their platform and I think this will be announced at the next WWDC this year and as for Spotify we will use the free version which is great to listen to lists created by users and that it is something that Apple needs to improve.
In my opinion, your change of platform is wrong if you do not really justify it. Regards.
Thank you very much Serch for contributing your opinion on this.
The good thing about these services is that you change whenever you want. If after the WWDC Apple Music is worth it again for its new interface, then I'll go.
A greeting!
Misleading headline and the truth is that if you change it is your personal problem and the opinions are personal you should not judge by yourself and say that it does not work if only you think that the truth is that this article is not positive for this blog called actualidadiphone It's not called actualitymiguel
Sincerely. An article out of place and without data.
I like Apple Music MASSSSSS than spotify… it has more quality in everything !!! design, audio, repertoire !!! and in the next IOS it will be improved even more!
This Miguel is a champion, he sucks all the zascas without complaining hahaha.
Of course dear friend.
Thanks for reading!
Goodbye Actualidad iPhones, it was nice while it lasted… Not like that!
I never saw so many Apple fanboys blinded haha
I have opened Pandora's box, friend Diego. And look, I'm not doubtful, I'm just another Apple Fanboy ... Or not ... hahahaha
Mother of beautiful love, it is an opinion piece, not research or news. The headline is true that it makes you think otherwise, but the rest is just an opinion.
Calm down
I think this news and personal information is quite respectable, but I don't agree at all, and if you have an iPhone and you use it running, you know it, tell spotify to play you a melendi song when you run through the speakerphone, tell him: hey spotify without touching the iphone give me melendi, correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think you can, from what you see, apple music is doing very well for many ..,
Hello Angel. Go ahead, I'm from Apple Music and I plan to speak again to my partner Miguel (😉): out of curiosity, what would you say to me if you could do that with Spotify? Rumor has it that it will be possible in iOS 10.
A greeting.
I used Apple Music during the trial period and was looking forward to getting back to spotify, I think Apple Music has a long way to go to offer the speed and ease of use of spotify, and says an Apple maniac.
I don't like one, I listen to smoothjazz and funk and they still don't know what exists on these digital platforms so they won't get a euro from me, you put jazz and the most hackneyed and / or pastry chefs of the typical characters come out. They have not heard jazz in their life, that the blonde that with the piano or the Perijoux or whatever it is called that is horrible, or of course, Billie Holiday to show that they know something about jazz, I forget about funk, a pity I will never pay, nor free either.
It is your opinion and no more, do not make headlines or flashy, do not influence others
Another person who, by reading this PERSONAL note, has left actualidadiphone.
Spotify is in decline hence its endless changes and now falling in price. Last blows ...
It was nice while being objective actualidadiphone bye.
Spotify, according to data from last week, has more users than ever. In fact, that is why it lowers prices.
By the way, Spotify is # 1 in revenue hits on the App Store.
Greetings Boss.
You have sold the news as if Apple Music closed when what you report is that you stop using the apple music service. It's not pretty, no.
Google Music, or better yet, YouTube network when it is available, which will become a Spoty with HD video when it comes in handy to set the scene, or directly just audio.