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Comment by armandososa | Hacker News Reader

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

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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

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