Sounds better than spotify, usually.
Obviously torrents, bandcamp purchases, and physical media are superior to streaming, but if you're gonna stream music, go with apple music.
Apple Music is better than Spotify. I've been listening to Joni and Neil. Also, the sound quality is so much better if you're using headphones. I will die on this hill.
I've been using Apple Music since 2017-ish except for last year when I tried using Spotify exclusively. I pay for both cause they have super-affordable student plans here in India (~$0.69 per month)
Here are some things I like and dislike about them:
Apple Music
π Better artist payouts
π Apple TV+ included
π Better sound quality
π Sometimes has extra tracks that aren't available on Spotify (e.g. Lana's Is This Happiness from Ultraviolence, beabadoobee's cover of The Adults Are Talking)
π Prettier mobile app
π Radio shows
π Separate Apple Music Classical app for Classical music enjoyers
π Apple will NUKE your library and all your playlists if you stop your subscription
Spotify
π Free tier available
π Better social features
π Tons of niche playlists
π Love the giant cover thing on the TV app
π Easier to switch which device the audio is playing from
π Easier to work with 3rd party apps, websites and services
π Spotify Wrapped
π Algorithms better tuned to my specific taste
π Shittier artist payouts
Poetically, this was going to be the last date before I delete Hinge and take a break for a few months.
Message received, loud and clear π«‘
On the bright side, I did get to see this bathroom with two stand mixers and a printer in it