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Ticojpunk

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I'm letting my trial end and not subscribing at this time. I'm currently paying for Google All Access and it's terrific. I honestly like both Google Music and Apple Music. They both have a different style for suggesting music and creating radio and playlists, and I like both approaches. Right now Apple's lack of web browser and various bugs and overlooked interface elements are enough to keep me with Google. If Apple Music improves a bunch in the future I'll take a look at it again. Maybe I'll wait 6 months and buy a month worth and see what's changed if anything.

Google All Access is awesome though.

I actually don't really care for Spotify, and its inability to let you add your own music to the streaming catalog is an absolute deal breaker.


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Hendri Hendri

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I will continue apple music for the price and chinese music. Reaĺly hope them to improve their activities playlists. And beats is no use for me :p

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I wonder what that statistic will be like.

I signed up and turned it off about 2 weeks later. Not going to another music service. I learned something about myself since June 30th: I'm not really a big music lover nor do I have any sort of emotional attachment to music.
 

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Never signed up lol I like my iTunes Match easy to access and download .. And since I share my Apple ID with my wife for purchases we both have access to our music and playlists .. Occasionally we buy a song or two to add to our collection.


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I'll keep with it which is saying something given I don't like subs. But like others I have no use for Beats1. I wish Apple would take that off the submenu when using 3d touch.
 

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I gave up my Google 7.99 charter membership once I got the free trial and I kinda regret it now. :( Google is better, BUT I do like Apple Music. However I'm not paying Google or Apple 9.99 a month, just gonna live with Amazon Prime Music which while not as full featured DOES have enough to make me happy. Ok so you want to listen to the Grateful Dead? on Apple Music or Google you get like 100 choices of full albums, on Amazon you get like 25 choices and some don't have the full album. BUT you get all the choice cuts and you get radio stations, and you can search for songs and play them. You just don't get anything and everything. (well you don't get that with Google or Apple either BUT you come a LOT closer ;) )
 

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I was a Google All Access subscriber at the $7.99 rate prior to Apple Music. I tried Napster, Spotify, Rdio (which I liked the best honestly), MOG, and Slacker Premium , so basically all of them. I paid for them all at various points past the trial period in order to really use them for a decent amount of time. Although I liked Rdio the best, I canceled it after trialing Google All Access because of the $7.99 price. I kept that subscription during the trial period of Apple Music. Last week I decided to go ahead and give up my $7.99 pricing on Google All Access and keep Apple Music. While I think Apple Music is inferior in some ways compared to most of the others (Slacker Premium being the worst), there are certain benefits to use it that outweigh the kinks for me. Having it download offline playlists automatically without having to launch the app is one. Being able to use smart playlists is the second. Being able to use smart playlists with Apple music alongside my music is the biggest factor. What Apple Music is missing tends to be the same features that are missing to me on all the others. I don't love Apple Music, but I really like it, and I think as time goes on, it will get better as far as bugs go. The others will get more features faster, by virtue of better update cycles. Just my $0.02.




I keep getting tied back to Google offering lol.


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Closingracer

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I'm letting my trial end and not subscribing at this time. I'm currently paying for Google All Access and it's terrific. I honestly like both Google Music and Apple Music. They both have a different style for suggesting music and creating radio and playlists, and I like both approaches. Right now Apple's lack of web browser and various bugs and overlooked interface elements are enough to keep me with Google. If Apple Music improves a bunch in the future I'll take a look at it again. Maybe I'll wait 6 months and buy a month worth and see what's changed if anything.

Google All Access is awesome though.

I actually don't really care for Spotify, and its inability to let you add your own music to the streaming catalog is an absolute deal breaker.


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Eh I like iTunes and you can play it(Apple Music) through that


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