Why I Stopped Using Spotify (and you should too)

Like me, you’ve probably been using Spotify since, well, forever. Whether you’re an iPhone or an Android user, Spotify has dominated the market when it comes to how we listen to music. With their AI DJ, personalised playlists and, of course, everyone's favourite: Spotify Wrapped, Spotify seems to do it all so well! But what if there was something BETTER than Spotify for streaming music?
If you’re as old as I am, you might remember the days of the ‘iTunes’ app; a clunky music app that was about as about as visually appealing as a cinder block wall. Well, things have definitely changed since the days of iTunes, with Apple Music offering lossless playback quality that Spotify users can only dream of! So, in this video, I compare Spotify to Apple Music to see which music streaming service is better!
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[@beatlefreak909]

If we had Apple Music’s quality and Spotify’s algorithm, there would be a perfect music streaming service

[@smudg39]

Yeah I'm still in awe that Apple Music doesn't have the same or better algorithm than spotify, considering their net worth. That's the only thing that's making me not shift to Apple Music. Also Spotify is just better in Windows, which is most of the time I listen there. Apple Music is just terrible in Windows and the UI is from 10 years ago. I have 80mbps and I also use ethernet cable. When I stream music while gaming, Apple Music somehow eats all the internet data.

[@exilb]

i think that they announced it with the ios 18 which is centered around ai (it will enable you to make playlists for different activities/moods and track your tastes like Spotify)

[@LewisCostin]

I'm pretty happy with Tidal

[@NostalgicMem0ries]

sounds like tidal

[@latituddev7884]

tidal!

[@xash06]

The ONLY thing that keeps me on Spotify that no one else has is the connect feature. Just to seamlessly connect to different devices even if you aren't on the same network!!

[@Diablo22967]

I can't even justify it anymore... noticed that the handoff between my tv and phone have become worse (song starting over) as well as the fact that I can't control playback using my tv remote while it's playing on my phone without it switching audio to the tv

[@Diablo22967]

The connect feature using your tv is getting worse. the handoff is 50% wrong, basically starting my tracks over and switching auido to tv when I'm trying to pause when my phone is the audio source

[@duckyuphere]

​@gideonkok2071 that happens to me when I'm not on the same network or I'm on a VPN. Turn the VPN off restart PC and it switches music seamlessly with no cuts. I'm guessing not being on the same IP address causes input lag in Spotifys server. Who nnows, seems interests.

[@embr33]

This is happening with my apple watch when i use spotify

[@Simithy]

I used Spotify, switch to Apple Music, now I’m on KZbin music

[@itskason4]

Whats your opinion on youtube music?

[@Simithy]

@@itskason4 No regrets. +Ads free on KZbin

[@Simithy]

@@itskason4 All music + ads free KZbin

[@gannonlh1]

@@itskason4 it has great recommendations and has a huge library

[@GabrielCraioveanu]

@@Simithy Bro, this is my music app history

[@Craylor]

Recently tried Apple Music as a life long Spotify user, and I was shocked at how much higher quality the audio was. I can never go back.

[@PeteMatheson]

Oh man, a lifelong Spotify user!? How old are you? 😜

[@Craylor]

@@PeteMatheson I’m younger than I look 😂

[@mrdextrous355]

I use both but because I’m an Apple user using AirPods Pro 2 2gen I notice the quality is ten fold on Apple Music.

[@StealthyDrake12]

I went from YT music to Spotify and I found the same thing 😂

[@tansybradshaw]

I’ve just done the same and yeah sure some personalisation is nice, I can discover stuff myself

[@Leandro_Santiago]

i always try to use apple music, but the spotify connect is a killer feature for me, the power for control your music from every device (ps5, pc, alexa, mac, windows pc and iphone) its a thing that right now apple music cant beat.

[@PeteMatheson]

Neither watches are bad at all. But lots of people are in 2 minds about buying the Garmin over an AWU - that's who this video is for.

[@D9LTA]

@@PeteMathesonlol i think you commented on the wrong reply

[@AndrewUKLondon]

Roon? (I use my watch - having music at the top of my fingers is handy!)

[@user-ig9ey9ze2w]

I used Spotify, then switched to Apple Music, now im back to Spotify. My biggest gripe with Apple Music is that they randomly delete my music and playlists. Spotify now has podcasts, audiobooks, better recommendations, and it doesn't delete my music. I'm not going back to Apple Music

[@PeteMatheson]

The recommendations is the thing that pulls me back to Spotify, but then I'm loading them up on Apple Music for now instead. But I agree it's a pain!

[@SavageSenzu]

Spotify definitely deletes playlists as well.

[@bre22637]

KZbin music doesn't delete Playlists, fyi

[@river9603]

Never tried Apple Music but I’m thinking of switching to it because of the excessive ads on Spotify.

[@danielbaroy]

KZbin Music is my personal favourite as in the same subscription is KZbin Premium as well so it's a 2 in 1.

[@PeteMatheson]

YT Premium for Music is also great! I really need to take a better look at it, other than hopping in for certain songs. There’s too many platforms to look at!! 😬

[@danielbaroy]

@@PeteMatheson KZbin Music is a great alternative to Spotify I think.

[@thesocialintrovert]

KZbin music is also great for me for this reason, but mostly because I find more songs on it than any other platform.

[@jimbaokimbao]

KZbin Music is by far the best streaming service. Not only does it have the same music library as all the others, it also has all the music anyone has uploaded to KZbin such as unofficial remixes, live concerts and versions, bootlegs and more. Its overall music library is magnitudes larger than the other services, and with KZbin Premium included, it really is a no-brainer.

[@bigman4797]

@@PeteMatheson youtube music has more music than any other platform and by a loonnggg shot. Also seen a guy say the sound quality was better on youtube music than spotify

[@ghostdragon2593]

I consume a lot of KZbin and music so KZbin premium which includes KZbin music premium is perfect option for me.

[@juniorfeitoza99]

Same!

[@isosTV]

Me too. I don’t want to pay for spotify or Apple Music since i have KZbin premium. KZbin music just doesn’t have the integration yet.

[@Wolterhon]

youtube music is just 256 kbps IIRC, it's noticeably worse

[@eatmarth]

why does this seem like an ad? I feel like this video told me apple music is great if you have an itunes library, and/or want to listen to lossless audio at no upfront cost, other than a subscription which may or may not be through your provider. It would seem to me that this implies that Apple music is missing value that they rely on me to provide.

[@falconsensei7657]

I have an iPhone and macOs, but Apple Music usability is so bad for me. If I click on an artist name, it takes me to my library, and not the artist page. I can't drag-n-drop an album to create a playlist inside a folder - and it doesn't let me add an album to a folder, so...

[@reicowaithe8695]

Question did you go into Spotify settings and set your sound quality to the highest?

[@bab027]

Spotify has terrible compression. Tidal, Qobuz and Apple Music sound so much better. What I miss on Spotify is the social aspect of it and the seamless switching from one device to another. I would be really happy when this finally arrives to other music services. But right now because of how much it bothers me, I can’t be on Spotify because of how it sounds like the songs are blown and lose a lot of sounds.

[@cristiandiazbasualto]

I stopped using Spotify caused the sound quality is really compressed, I listened to the same song in KZbin music and I was surprised how different it was.

[@surjay5633]

I mean KZbin has a factually worse sound quality. The main thing KZbin has is amazing recommendations. Apple Music has great quality but lacking in the algorithm. For me Spotify is like an in between with an added benefit of amazing playlists.

[@elainya_]

I personally stopped using it because when I skipped songs too much it would stop playing by itself so I would have to manually click on a song or switch it each time unless I am cleared out all the settings which requires me to turn up sound quality again

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I use a combination of KZbin Music and Spotify. I like how Spotify can just run on anything, even super old tablets. It's nice to just keep an old tablet around just for Spotify.

[@SaadBorr]

Thanks for the info. No I have S24 ultra, and Deezer hi subscription. I know that Samsung usb-c can deliver 32bit/386khz; So is Samsung AKG wired headphones/apple usb-c earbuds enough to get the hi-ress music quality? (Because I heard those headphones do have built in Dac).

[@joshjhoward]

I've tried Apple music because I've gotten free subscriptions. The sound quality is noticeably better on Apple music. But what annoys me is they deleted my playlist after my subscription ended. Which is kind of just makes me not want to go back. What's nice about Spotify is I can control what's playing from my Pixel, my PC or my iPad. Is Apple music able to do that?

[@PeteMatheson]

Oh wow! No it doesn’t work the same with control unfortunately. Though you can play to airplay devices etc Spotify is still much better for that. And that playlist thing is pretty bad! 😞

[@mrdextrous355]

I can control what and how I listen from both my Mac and iPhone when connected to my Sonos speaker

[@_moisesruiz]

No perdiste tu lista de reproducción, solo que no te saldrá ya que no has pagado de nuevo al suscripción, cuando te vuelvas a suscribir volverá tu playlist, tranquilo

[@riccinathalya]

​@@_moisesruiz Actually, it won't. My subscription ended two months ago and I could only resubscribe again 1 week ago. My library was gone, but the artists I checked as favorites were still there

[@reynoldclare7981]

Wait, they don't delete it... When you re activate the subscription, it comes back. The playlist isn't visible that's it.

[@Trinket_Master]

Every S series samsung phone supports LDAC & High Res Lossless audio not to mention Dolby Atmos built in. I do not know where that info came from but its just wrong, ive been listening to Flac files using Poweramp on android for literal years

[@RIS3N1]

@@Trinket_Master Same

[@PeteMatheson]

Is the quality improvement on Apple Music enough to make you consider switching? If you did switch, what would you miss about Spotify?

[@asphaltanimal8809]

Even I used to use spotify but nowadays I feel like you have to pay for a lot of the basic features making this new app much better

[@VariantAEC]

No. That is because Apple's audio quality is no better than any other app I've used. I don't use Spotify on "Low" quality either. Whether streaming or listening offline I use "High" or more often "Very High" quality options (even on mobile data). I'm not saying Spotify provides the best quality audio and I do at least agree with you that Spotify seems to be quieter, but louder doesn't mean higher quality. The quality sounds the same and turning down other apps to reach Spotify's lows allows you to meaningfully hear that there's nothing between them. Alternatively, and this is frowned upon by tge companies, you can rip the streams to compare the files as downloaded and played which I've done and noticed... there's nothing between them aside from placebo.

[@pguijt]

@VariantAEC so the sound differend is just different not not per se better interesting. I think i can exsplane its the Honeymoon phase. But wen you are over that do it again for comparison. Like louder is not better Hearing more details is better and stuf he is silly he did not talk about that in the video lol Like you got a new phone how much better is it your last phone if it's only A year old you think it's better in the beginning and then you compare and there's not a lot differents Yes it's better but how much

[@joshuvaantonio]

Either sound check is on or off in Apple Music Or Audio Normalisation is on or off in Spotify Test them both in same settings. Nobody can hear a difference between mp3 320kbps vs lossless Dont believe me? Do a blind test Abx/digitalfeed/net Replace / with dot

[@krazzyrahul8092]

Sir you're correct. I am a free Spotify user where I can't even fast forward anymore but I have found the audio coming out of the app is not clearer anymore. I thought because my phone is 5 yrs old it was having this issue but I have asked my friends who have Spotify premium and now you've mentioned it I'm sure that other apps provide better music quality but I kept the app because I have personalised all my playlists there according to my mood and I use the discover section to find new artists and music and listen it to a different app 😅

[@702johnny]

I started using apple on a Samsung phone. I have tried Spotify premium. Apple music is WAY better. I am an avid listener. I have tried and listened to literally every available service. None compare to apple music for me. Always have new music to listen to. I still have all the apps on my devices. But Apple Music is my most used.

[@rafal4437]

I was on a android few days ago but now im on a iphone and i discover the last spotify update… can’t even select a music in a playlist now… what is that ??

[@Sa1tCh1ps]

@@rafal4437 For REAL, now i click on an artist and when i pick a song made by them it says i need a PREMIUM plan for that

[@GuyWithTheCapitalJ]

I genuinely thought it was just me when I got to try Apple Music after using Android since the Samsung S2 days. NOW I CANT GO BACK TO SPOTIFY

[@mistymu8154]

I regularly use both. I mainly kept Spotify around for the recommendations, but I prefer Apple Music in pretty much every other way. However, even Spotify's recommendations seem to have become worse over the years. Also, Apple Music Replay has gotten better. I have been using Apple Music a lot more recently and I went back to Spotify for a day, I am no audiophile and listen through some mid-level speakers and AirPods, but I just find the sound of Apple Music to be much more pleasing, even without lossless.

[@ZotmundSzele]

Spotify also work offline with a variety of Garmin watches and to me it feels a bit more light weight to use, however I have also made a small trip to Apple Music. (I am on Android). The Dolby Atmos songs sound significantly better, I could test them back to back with my Huawei Freebuds Pro 3 buds. (you can swipe and change the 2 players on an Android phone)

[@jetreyes6132]

I listened to Apple Music on my Galaxy S23 Ultra and it sounds great especially when you’re listening to lossless ones.

[@PeteMatheson]

Same! I definitely notice a difference. Not sure if it's a placebo, but I'll take it :)

[@SoundCore.]

На Андроиде нет lossless , так как нет поддержки USB DAC , так что это плацебо . Изучайте матчасть . Даже если ты подключишь ЦАП lossless не получить , Apple Music хорош на IOS

[@j0_318gamerzofficial]

​@@SoundCore. Just older android restricted these things but if you use players like usb audio player it'll simulate that it's casting music on different device to stream the file direct to it to convert it to music

[@joshuvaantonio]

Either sound check is on or off in Apple Music Or Audio Normalisation is on or off in Spotify Test them both in same settings. Nobody can hear a difference between mp3 320kbps vs lossless Dont believe me? Do a blind test Abx/digitalfeed/net Replace / with dot

[@clueno4426]

​@@SoundCore. Now after Android 14 dac is supported on USB with hi res

[@GynxXys]

Xiaomi 12 Lite supports it, really?

[@quas3728]

I accidently ripped my cd for 320 bitrate. but I really didn't hear any difference compared to normal 128 or 192 bitrate mp3. but file size difference was huge. so I prefer normal bitrate mp3.

[@Krieky]

For me, it’s the access to lyrics that make me gravitate to Apple Music more often than Spotify (I pay for both services). There are simply way more songs that have lyrics available on AM - it’s not even close.

[@PixelSplash999]

The thing is, you are best using a wired connection for lossless. Hooked up to hi-res headphones. Maybe connect the AudioQuest Dragonfly DAC to your phone to get the best hi-res audio.

[@beansnrice8171]

I have the AirPods 2nd gen on an Apple device but I can’t find a huge sound quality

[@mysterroniouscherry326]

This is exactly what I meant when I told my friends Apple Music has better sound quality. I was an android user, and I randomly downloaded Apple Music just to check out the quality, and it blew my mind. Especially I was playing my metal and rock songs, and the difference is night and day. I stopped using spotify since then. I love Spotify recommendations and it’s wrapped, but the diluted quality turn me off after I’ve been exposed to Apple Music.

[@joshuvaantonio]

Either sound check is on or off in Apple Music Or Audio Normalisation is on or off in Spotify Test them both in same settings. Nobody can hear a difference between mp3 320kbps vs lossless Dont believe me? Do a blind test Abx/digitalfeed/net Replace / with dot

[@mgnicodemus6137]

I see someone's a fellow Spiritbox listener

[@PeteMatheson]

🙌🏼

[@Cheitr]

Not me getting a Spotify ad on this video 😃

[@ericgarcia3287]

I love apple music. It contains all my music that I've downloaded in the past several years and now that I have an Samsung phone, I'm glad I can use it on that platform.

[@PeteMatheson]

Likewise! I’m enjoying it a bit more because it keeps playing all the old punk rock music I used to listen to lol

[@ilo000]

I use both of them as well. Library management is the biggest Apple Music's selling point but music discovery is where Spotify shines.

[@raspberryjoe]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="210">3:30</a>. it's really true. I personally find that Apple Music runs better on Android than iOs. Crossfade, for example, was available on Android first, while it wasn't available on iOs 15.

[@harryvlogs7833]

Actually snapdragon sound isn't that lossless. If you want lossless the much better LDAC format give higher data rates up to 990kb/s

[@PeteMatheson]

Oh absolutely! And with a proper DAC but then I gets expensive and complicated for a lot of people 😬

[@LenaRose1204]

I use KZbin music and have tidal for free with my phone contract. I use a Samsung galaxy s23 ultra. They both sound amazing in terms of audio quality. I wonder how they compare to Apple music!

[@mrdextrous355]

Apple Music is miles ahead on sound quality

[@LenaRose1204]

@@mrdextrous355 I tried apple music on my Samsung galaxy s23 ultra and it sounded exactly the same as my KZbin music and my tidal. I don't know if the ios version is different.

[@mrdextrous355]

@@LenaRose1204 it is because it’s optimised through iOS. Other than iOS no other os can get Dolby atmos or losless audio straight through their phone manufacturer or earbuds unless you actually specifically buy headphones that are optimised just for that. Spotify are not currently giving the user the ‘studio’ effect like Apple Music plus on other music streaming sites from what I’ve seen charge you extra for ‘hifi’ quality but Apple give you that level of sound as standard so that’s the difference between em

[@itsofficialjonas7801]

@@mrdextrous355 right

[@AndrewUKLondon]

Totally agree. I went from Spotify to Apple Music on my android device and the difference was huge!

[@chiemezieokeke670]

Better or worse ?

[@techyguyaditya]

In india there is no audiobooks option in spotify

[@rodcrispo5859]

I’m an I phone user but use Spotify, Apple doesn’t have an custom EQ, I also use highest bits on Spotify and again love EQ to adjust bass, mids, Treble

[@Joshua_Uwadiae]

Tried YT Music a while ago, the audio is processed in such a way that despite being lower quality than Spotify, i just preferred the way it sounded. I switched back to Spotify mainly because of Connect though. Just can't beat that

[@framedthunder6436]

the usb c air pods pro does support high res on the vision pro only sadly, probably cuz the air pods is very close to your headset

[@hildaelson4203]

I used to use Apple Music when I was a student at uni, but after graduating the price became £10/ month and for me that’s too expensive. Also my friends don’t have iPhones and to collaborate I would need to do on Spotify.

[@frank88yt]

As a music nerd, I tried all the streaming services ( Tidal, Spotify, Apple music ... ). Spotify wins in terms of user friendliness, as well as due to the eco system around it. You can literally install it on anything and control everything from your phone. Tidal and Apple music win when it comes to sound quality. Even 320kbs from Tidal and Apple music is better than 320kbs from Spotify. They are clearer and louder. I ended up staying with Apple music because I'm an iPhone user and it works really great. Spotify is TikTok for me, while using Apple music I feel like it's something really mine, if you understand me.

[@vijayshankarrk4495]

Is the 'Normalize volume' turned on in Spotify while you tested?? If it's turned on, the volume and clarity will be low. If turned off, the sound will be much better.

[@frank88yt]

@@vijayshankarrk4495 It's turned off

[@dravago17]

Spotify Hifi has been talked about for a long time and I waited and waited, when apple announced lossless music for no extra cost I cancelled Spotify and Tidal and switched… Classical music is clearer and the bluetooth issue is a thing true, but what the bluetooth codecs can do with a lossless file is still better than what they do with compressed files so I’m fine with that.

[@Rgdonaire_07]

I don’t hear any noticeable difference in audio in my Tesla. I’m not sure how you heard such an improved quality in yours.

[@bacode8337]

Been a Apple music boy for a long time for the lossless audio as I could hear the difference between that and Spotify massively! But recently decided try out YT music and been pleasantly surprised! Did a thorough test between AM and YTM quality through my high fidelity headphones and there wasn't that much difference imo. The YTM UI was also a surprise and loving it over AMs UI. But will always lean towards AM cause it's free with my phone contract 😂

[@joemulkerins5250]

Try youtube music vanced. It's free and excellent.

[@gerrmance]

youtube music quality is worst than spotify

[@bacode8337]

Personally I've thoroughly tested both and couldn't tell the difference that much, but at the same time it wouldn't surprise me cause KZbin does add a lot of compression when artists upload their songs and vids. But through my headphones it's negligible to me. Apple will always be top right now over them two anyway

[@_moisesruiz]

​@@gerrmanceyo tengo los 3 servicios de pago, AM, YTM Y SPOTIFY y déjame decirte que KZbin Music se come a Spotify, y hasta a mí me sorprendió, se lo come en calidad y recomendaciones, Apple music me encanta por su interfaz y la calidad de sonido pero su sistema de recomendaciones no es tan bueno

[@MA-jz4yc]

@@gerrmance Objectively the bitrate is lower but subjectively i find youtube music more pleasing to listen too, tracks seem more dynamic and detailed vocals also are less harsh. This is on audiophile headphones too

[@impulsesystems]

I installed Apple Music on my Sony phone and it is now even offering me localized pricing, which it didn’t on my Mac. Same price as Spotify, so worth the trial. Thanks, man!

[@Reedith]

Man I just miss Google Play music and uploading my own music to the cloud and then streaming that

[@reenabearkitty]

Yay Spiritbox! After buying too many CDs and vinyl this past year, the time has come to pick a music streaming service. I picked Spotify for now but I have heard from you and others that Apple Music has much better sound quality. I will consider adding another service just for better sound quality hopefully later on 🙂

[@awertyuiop8711]

Everybody’s ears and headphones/speakers are different, so why can’t these apps just add an “advanced eq” screen? In the end I had to buy the cheapest Android phone just to listen to my music on my SD card with AIMP (not available on the App Store).

[@boomerjohnston494]

This seemes like this is a hidden ad for spotify?

[@skrachamaniacs3878]

My AirPods Pro gen 2 have lossless support. It’s sound is unreal

[@alexknight1991]

Poweramp is my favorite.

[@dominicpascal5512]

And I'm back to iTunes and iPod. Completely free of interruptions from notifications, nobody secretly deleting tracks from my old playlists.

[@raachaan]

I am agree about the quality of the sound. I'm a long-time user of spotify and recently discover that even with youtube music, the sound from spotify app is bad. Spotify really needs to fix this

[@Hiddeninplainview117]

Great video for any audiophiles. I like your selection of post-hardcore and metalcore artists!

[@PeteMatheson]

Thank you! 🙌🏼

[@azamat19]

Any audiophile that knows a little bit about audio won't like this video as it contains false information.

[@joshuvaantonio]

@@azamat19True that! Everyone here are AudioFools instead of Audiophiles Either sound check is on or off in Apple Music Or Audio Normalisation is on or off in Spotify Test them both in same settings. Nobody can hear a difference between mp3 320kbps vs lossless Dont believe me? Do a blind test Abx/digitalfeed/net Replace / with dot

[@McSmurfy]

I just like the overall feel of spotify and how many songs I've found that I wouldn't have if it wasn't for their own Playlist compiled from my likes. I'm super obsessed with audio quality and play spotify on my sonos speakers, that sounds amazing already. So for me it's always spotify as I can't go without the spotify connect now and it's so convenient.

[@TheaverageQueerperson-vq4wv]

Dolby atmos supposed to be surround audio, like literally 360 degree, because it's literally meant to surround with sound

[@Aman-xo4yx]

I think you haven't used the legend KZbin music yet with best recommendations !

[@FonixVR_]

Spotify Connect literally runs my stream, so i couldn't never move

[@AnnesleyPlaceDub70]

Great upload, I've just switched to Apple Music from Spotify on my S23 Ultra and the difference for me is the sound quality , it's a class above. I'm no spring chicken either I'm 53 and a life long audiophile.

[@Pividol]

what do you listen with?

[@clueno4426]

What about Amazon music

[@rudrasharma2734]

I have been using apple music for a while now and honestly, one of the absolute best music service that i have ever used. The sound is crisp and the difference is so audible that its hard to express. The audio seems alive. I use buds 2 pro with my s23u and weirdly enough, i use apple music. I still pay dor spotify but what can i say

[@Duijnkiller]

i stick with tidal, but heck its only usefull when you got close to hi end system.

[@provocateur-in-chief]

Apple music also has Hi-res lossless that is only available thru a wired external DAC.

[@andreaslassak2111]

If you are limited by BT, and your device and headphones doesnt support LoDAC or Aptx formats .. you are still limited to wired option.

[@NV-NS]

I switch to KZbin music I listen to a lot of international music and I can find everything on there and create Playlists of music videos of songs I can find the songs of so it works great.

[@Diablo22967]

been using both since 2016 (apple music), & 2018 (Spotify), And I can say Apple Music has been better for years, Of the two AM was the only one that I can see has improved drastically through the years. also the one really cool thing I love is that AM has a dedicated downloaded songs section, which Spotify still doesn't have. The only downside is the connect feature which is actually understandable as Apple is a tech company with other product so they have to keep some features for themselves. I just wish they had a tv app though.

[@d4rkz3nn3n]

One setting that degrades the sound quality in Spotify is normalize volume. Once I turned that off it made a big difference in sound quality

[@kasatocheck]

I rarely use Spotify because of ads while I was about to listening next song (issue on mobile phones). I might try Apple Music though.

[@cynx9228]

can't expect no ads without paying

[@the3Dmax]

When I see on the back your MiniDisc player, I think... this review has sufficient authority 😉 I am also a member of the apple music team 🤘

[@PeteMatheson]

Loved my Minidisc player back in the day! Shame they only really lasted for a few years before MP3 Players came out to dominate

[@akashdewangan1]

I literally got a Spotify ad before this video😂

[@slazper]

What about content. My biggest fear of dropping spotify is that i will have songs that is not available. I find spotify to have tons of tracks. Both hits and classics but also stuff like funny meme songs from youtube for that matter

[@MrVeeBlog]

Just the opposite for me mate. I went from Spotify to Apple music and stayed for a long time until I tried Spotify again just recently. 2 months now. I found the curation so much better on Spotify and so lacking on Apple music. Not to mention, on my iphone, Spotify is that much more powerful and punchy than is Apple music. But I'm in the states so that may have something to do with it. Anyway, thanks for the video.

[@nakdickson]

A friend added me to KZbin music after my Spotify subscription ended. The music recommendation is so bad I want to go back to Spotify.

[@tjmarx]

I use youtube music, spotify and prime music because I have their premium features all included with existing subscriptions.

[@xMadMurdockx]

I stopped using it because it doesn’t play the songs I wanna listen to if I wanna listen to one by metallica it will play master of puppets instead it does this with almost every song you click on a song it will play something different

[@likesm14]

Can someone explain to me how one hears a difference in quality when comparing two streaming services? I mean Spotify Premium has up to 320kbit/s and the recordings are the Same as on Apple Music?

[@thequalitydan]

Different codecs are used when encoding from the master files. Apple uses AAC and Spotify uses the weird OGG format.

[@artisticvisions77]

I go back and forth a lot! One day I’ll decide. The audiobooks on Spotify is hard to resist but I like the light mode and overall interface of Apple a lot better.

[@Junis_]

found spiritbox on a random non metal related video!!!!! just noticed some other bands too, love it! bmth, sleep token, bullet for my vallentine, the hu, bad wolves

[@typicalanimevillian]

im on spotify for connect(jam) and algorithm

[@Epicinver]

i use spotify you have to pay for apple music.

[@Fredomnom]

bro, pay for spotify. it aint free 😭

[@hoodie6292]

Yeah, the new Spotify update made us to pay for it as well, coz if you won't, then you cannot skip more than 6 songs per day.

[@Matthew1Rawling]

​@@hoodie6292then pay

[@PatheticInnacurate]

@@Fredomnomnot if you are smart enough to use a “special” version of it…

[@Fredomnom]

@@PatheticInnacurate i actually used a cracked client before just so my spotify is amoled 💀

[@DSarDarkstar]

I prefer the unique and more extensive musical choices on KZbin music. How about a comparison there?

[@Belikebruh0]

And then there are people like me who have been using Spotify mod apk for years😂

[@DRZADV]

bro 2 seconds into the video and Spiritbox is the first artist I see, mad respect.

[@Stephie2007]

I have so many playlists from over the years on my spotify account. Over on my KZbin music it's a different story.

[@jimmydiaz1502]

My Spotify annual sub is about to expire and since I already pay for YT premium I don't think I'll be renewing with Spotify, and I'm a programmer so I'm building a service to switch all my playlists over to KZbin as best as possible, remind me in a week or so when I hope I have finished it if you'd like to use it :)

[@sheesh2786]

@@jimmydiaz1502 hi, did you build your service or not yet¿

[@hoodie6292]

I was a Spotify user but I deleted my account from there coz of the fact that as a free user, I can listen only songs on random mode but I cannot skip more than 6 songs in a day. But the moment when I switched to Apple Music, the experience was amazing as it contains Dolby Audio and Lossless Audio❤

[@jappi09Jappi]

Yea but Apple ain’t free

[@cjc363636]

I love Spotify, but about a year ago when they started pushing spoken-word content on the main app page, I realized I like my podcast/audiobook app(s) and music apps to be different. So I went back to Apple Music. Oh, and the other reason was Spotify never brought out their lossless tier. That said, Spotify is still the best for AI recommendations. In that regard, Apple isn't terrible, but not the best.

[@GamerAgentYT]

I would go with Spotify because Apple Music ain’t available in my country and even if I use it through other region Apple ID it’s hella expensive 10$ when Spotify is just 1-2$for me

[@TheRealYeller]

I've switched to YT music simply because I'm already paying for Premium, and might as well reap the benefits and save the money from Spotify

[@user-rt9zq8rs9k]

David Lee Roth was harshly criticized by Wolfgang Van Halen for keeping the A Different Kind Of Truth album off Spotify . This must be why . And some artists think they're getting ripped off from Spotify ( allegedly )

[@LIVEFRMNYC]

Spotify's "Go to Song Radio" is completely garbage nowadays. It's like they just gave up on it.

[@josh3326]

When using an iPhone, Spotify allows you to use their true EQ, whereas Apple Music doesn't have an EQ, just presets......which is bad. So I use Spotify, have Apple too, but solely Spotify for preferred sound.

[@toruisalive5499]

ill never switch from googles youtube premium. i get all the songs in the world add-free, i get the music videos and lyrics, i get all the versions possible of every song possible, and in the decade were in, where we all watch youtube on a daily basis.. i really do have better things to do than watch 4 40 seconds long unskippable adds per video. no no no. 13.99 for an addfree life is well worth it to me.

[@dan44762000]

World's most popular does in no way equate to world's best, I'd argue in terms of quality Spotify is easily the worst, Tidal is the best service out there, they have the best quality and with the recent price drop are also competitive now, Apple music have great quality but the garbage Bluetooth codecs on iPhones means there literally no point using it

[@supercellex4D]

Apple music's quality shines on MacBooks, that's probably why they have it. MacBook Pro users are often straight up musicians and they'll have proper expensiverald headphones with the wires to plug into their macs and listen to music with them using whatever surprisingly not garbage DAC apple includes on the apple silicon MBPs. It even supports 96khz and can now drive 300ohm HD600 proper cans

[@thechroniclegames.]

Ironic that I got an ad for Spotify on this video