Try the dumpster fire that is CarPlay Music - for example, get to a complete album from a song in your library, if the entire album isn't in your library. Virtually impossible without going on a verbal text adventure with 50% Siri misfires.
iOS 13's Music App Sucks
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#32> Except that I already pay for Apple Music, I don’t use these tabs, and I’m considering leaving Apple Music for Spotify Stop ranting and do it. Vote with your wallet. Your $10 tells Apple that everything is fine. I don’t subscribe to any music, personally. I use the Music app with Apple Music disabled (Settings > Music > Show Apple Music (Off)).
If you disable Apple Music, what happens to the tabs? Do you only have Library and Search? And $10 for unlimited music ($5 because I'm a student) is unbeatable. I just wish the app was better.
Library, Radio, Search
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#33I don't use Apple Music, but Spotify, so I am a little confused about the idea that Spotify does not have a library, or "the concept of a library". I mainly use Sptify via their library, and only rarely use curated playlists or anything like that. Am I missing something here?
Can I rip my own CDs and import them into Spotify or am I limited to the music provided by the Spotify streaming service? I think this is what is meant by a “music library”
I don't know the current state and never used it much, but you can specify local folders with music that it will play, but it doesn't upload tracks to the cloud, and I'm not sure how well it works with search.
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#34While I agree iOS 13’s Music.app is pretty shoddy in many respects, there’s plenty of alternatives other than Spotify that might better fit their requirements. (Marvis Pro, Soor, etc.)
I consolidate the biggest players yearly in a review, which might be helpful for the author’s search: https://barrowclift.me/post/second-annual-ios-music-player-c...
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#35I have an Apple Music subscription and use Apple Music (the app) daily. In this article, I hear a lot of "I". IMO, the big challenge with Apple Music is all the legacy that a) personal libraries, b) iTunes Match, and c) iTunes purchases all bring to the new streaming paradigm. Those are problems Apple has to solve, and can't just discard. Apple's customers have plowed tons of $$$ to "own" their libraries, and Apple i…
Author here; I agree that I'm not considering other users in my rants. I'm not a designer, and don't have solutions that would help everyone that Apple is targeting with this product. Part of the reason I'm unhappy with the options forced on me is the removal of my ability to customize the tabs. If Apple wants to push Radio, that's fine. Do I have to suffer navigational difficulties, when previously I could replace t…
You're using an Apple product - Apple is known for their tailored and single-path UX that they don't simply expect their users to love, they also don't care when they don't.
I'm not saying your complaints aren't valid or warranted - they're just not relevant to Apple unless their designers agree with you.
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#36Apple Music, and particularly iTunes Match, are the opposite of "just works". I wanted to switch back from Spotify, but I found that Match had made a complete mess of my library. Half of my album art gone. Albums were striped with some tracks that were replaced with the iTunes store versions, and some left as my uploaded MP3 V0 versions (most obvious because, even with Sound Check on, the volume levels between each t…
Yeah. I cleaned up my library recently. I think I had about four copies in various directories and wanted to get back to a single carnival copy. Whether for Match or other reasons a decent chunk of ripped music was missing. Not enough to just chuck the whole thing and restart from scratch. But enough to waste a day or so of my time.
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#37Spotify rules. It's great seeing a company not a part of the big 5 just dominate them all in this space. At least until they get purchased...
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#38I don't use Apple Music, but Spotify, so I am a little confused about the idea that Spotify does not have a library, or "the concept of a library". I mainly use Sptify via their library, and only rarely use curated playlists or anything like that. Am I missing something here?
Can I rip my own CDs and import them into Spotify or am I limited to the music provided by the Spotify streaming service? I think this is what is meant by a “music library”
Yes, if you do this on the desktop app they'll transfer to your phone's local storage over wifi. It's so much easier than trying to figure out how to get music onto an iPhone the Apple way.
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#39Apple Music and Google Play, both applications made by managers hungry and desperate to generate profits but very unconcerned about the usability of the apps themselves. The sad thing is that you can't make apps that compete with Apple Music or Google Play. I would have already paid 100 dollars for a well made Winamp for me.
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#40Is it possible that some un-learning needs to be done here? I know some people who cannot get over Winamp, hate everything that is not like Winamp. I don't share the same frustrations with the author, so the correct title maybe should be "iOS 13's Music App Sucks (according to me)". My music listening process is like "I hear a song, ask Siri about the name of the song, tap on the song listen to the song and start a r…
We just have different music listening processes. My process used to be supported (browsing my Library by Artist, Album, Genre, etc.) and got pushed to the side to support a process more like yours (Radio, Apple's curated mood playlists, etc.). I wish Apple's designers didn't limit my process in order to make room for other peoples'.