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Back in the day I used to look at the Top 10 list on what.cd, download torrents of interesting music, add them to my seedbox, wait for them to finish, download the files from the seedbox, import into iTunes, fix up the tags and artwork if needed, then finally sync to my phone. Then I'd have to do all that again for my girlfriend and the terrible music she liked.

Now I just have to hit one download button in Music on my phone. I have unlimited access to--as far as it matters to me--basically the entire iTunes libary. My wife does too, and she can play it through the Sonos system at the house. It's great and well worth the $15/month and various UI glitches.

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Agreed on most of your points. Except that Spotify has he same functionality plus awesome curation and discovery. If you're not that into top music, there are gems to be found

I know it's a silly grudge to hold, but I still avoid Spotify just because the Free tier was so awful when I first tried it. I suppose it's the classic debate of time-limited demo versus feature-limited demo -- the former works much better for me.

I remember when I started using Spotify it had one of the most awful desktop clients I've ever seen

The free tier is extremely limited, basically a shuffle-only radio with ads and a limited amount skips allowed in the app.

The paid version is awesome, though.

Spotify doesn't have the geographical reach (across countries) that Apple Music has. That's a disadvantage for Spotify.

If you're referring to India, judging by their new offices, Spotify plans to open next year.

According to Spotify's list of countries, [1] it's available in 73 countries. Apple Music is available in about 115 countries according to Apple's list. [2] In this comparison, there are many prominent names missing in Spotify's list, not just India.

As for Spotify opening in India next year (2019), that's already quite late to the game, in my view.

[1]: https://www.spotify.com/int/select-your-country/

[2]: https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT204956

man i really really dont miss any of that.

the only good thing that came from it was that i got better at typing (this was before there was software that would download the track names from the internet and you would have to manually type in each track name)

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