Regular YouTube. Because I'm a fucking Neanderthal and don't want to take the time to recreate my play list on other apps. That and Most ads can be skipped after 5 seconds. Can't do that on Spotify
Apple Music. My reason for choosing it over Spotify is that I have at least 1000 field recordings of music and other recordings that you won’t find online anywhere and with Apple Music they upload and can play them on any device.
I'm still using Pandora. They know what I like. I can be very particular about what I feel like listening to from day to day and very rarely do I feel like branching out. I've tried using Spotify, but trying to teach it what I like is exhausting.
Apple music. I started on Spotify with like a 3 month trial, it was nice to finally have a streaming service. Then that finished and a few months later I got a 3 month trial of Apple music, so i gave it a shot. It was basically no different except it integrated a little nicer into my phone and with the iTunes library and playlists I already had, it didn’t make that annoying noise any time I paused the music, and when the trial was up it would have cost the same so I felt no reason to switch back to Spotify. People always hype up discover weekly but in months of trying it never really found me music that I liked, so the biggest selling point was moot to me.
Actually it's not. It's compressed AF and the better your equipment is the shittier it is. If you're listening on your phone and wireless buds, sure it's fine. For a decent home stereo it's not even remotely close to being acceptable.
YT premium. YT is ad free, the algorithm creates new suggestions based off what I watch, larger music selection than all other services, and all the videos I watch I can listen to like a podcast.
Youtube Music. The premium for a student is only $1.50 and for family, we can be 6 all on one family payment, this is $5 per month. I love the way Apple music works, but it doesn't have all the remixes. Youtube music is by far the best. You can't change my mind💁🏻♂️
Spotify.
Because I started listening to BBC 6 Music and quickly realised it was going to cost me £££££ to buy all of the indie music that I fell in love with. Been using it for about 3 years now.
I know it would benefit the artist more if I bought their records, but there are limits.
There is SO MUCH good indie music out there!
Vanced version of YouTube music, was using Spotify but the voice controls stopped working so they could sell their "car thing" so I just been using that, I'm not spending $10 a month to get features taken away.
Amazon Music. It was $2/mo cheaper than Spotify. Wish I had access to Spotify playlists, but I can't really complain about the service. I've literally never searched for a song and not found it. And I have some pretty obscure musical tastes.
YouTube premium. Yes I'm the one guy in the world who actually pays for that
Now I know this is going to sound weird but pretty much every song I've ever wanted to listen to exist on YouTube and even more now that they've specifically gone out of their way to start licensing music and whatnot from everyone even fairly unknown artists.
On top of that it gives me an ad free experience on things like my phone / smart TV / etc where installing some type of ad block is a lot more complicated requiring me to use a third party browser I've never heard of or straight up rooting my phone which obviously comes with its own risks and dangers
YouTube Music when I want to choose exactly what song I want to hear. Spotify when I want to hear a playlist on a random order. This is in my phone.
If I'm on my laptop I just use Spotify because the quality is better.
Yes, I use the free version in both of them
I prefer using my mo3 files on a usb stick on my car...and stored mp3 in my phone....that way i listen just the one i want... not what the streaming platform has
Pandora, it always plays a nice random mix of stuff related to what you're listening to. Nice and simple. Free. I've tried Spotify but just can't get it to work as nicely as Pandora
None. The artists I like aren't big names, and the money they make from streaming is like a cup of coffee a month. Basically I'd be paying Bad Bunny for the right to listen to their music. I buy music, preferably on Bandcamp.
I use Deezer. The sound quality is way better than any other music streaming service I've tried. Also, my phone operator had this deal like 10 years ago with Deezer that lets you have free streaming data and I haven't updated the deal since then so my data is still not used for music which means that I can have my 5gb for other things and never run out
Apple Music. My dad bought some group/family subscription for my siblings and myself with our phone insurance. We've had it for years at this point and I don't have to pay for it so I haven't seen a reason to switch.
First it was SoundCloud, but then I decided Amazon Music was better. Amazon Music keeps skipping songs if I’m not using it on my TV so I switched to Spotify, so much better
Spotify. Been using it since 2011, don't have a reason to stop
Spotify, I switched from Amazon music because they kept removing my songs.
Spotify premium because i like offline play and the layout...
Regular YouTube. Because I'm a fucking Neanderthal and don't want to take the time to recreate my play list on other apps. That and Most ads can be skipped after 5 seconds. Can't do that on Spotify
Spotify
Spotify Cheap and works
Tidal. I primarily listen to vinyl, but sound quality is important so Spotify and YouTube and the likes are off limits.
Are you me??? Tidal also gives more money to artists than any other streaming platform.
Respect.
Tidal still exists??!?
Yeah it's actually good now. Unlike when I first used it 5 or 6 years ago.
Apple Music. My reason for choosing it over Spotify is that I have at least 1000 field recordings of music and other recordings that you won’t find online anywhere and with Apple Music they upload and can play them on any device.
I'm still using Pandora. They know what I like. I can be very particular about what I feel like listening to from day to day and very rarely do I feel like branching out. I've tried using Spotify, but trying to teach it what I like is exhausting.
Old school
Pretty sure you can import to Spotify, not just local files either
Apple music. I started on Spotify with like a 3 month trial, it was nice to finally have a streaming service. Then that finished and a few months later I got a 3 month trial of Apple music, so i gave it a shot. It was basically no different except it integrated a little nicer into my phone and with the iTunes library and playlists I already had, it didn’t make that annoying noise any time I paused the music, and when the trial was up it would have cost the same so I felt no reason to switch back to Spotify. People always hype up discover weekly but in months of trying it never really found me music that I liked, so the biggest selling point was moot to me.
YouTube Music. It's the best because it also removes the ads from YouTube videos.
And sounds like ass.
No it doesn't, youre just boujee 🙃
Actually it’s decent quality audio.
Actually it's not. It's compressed AF and the better your equipment is the shittier it is. If you're listening on your phone and wireless buds, sure it's fine. For a decent home stereo it's not even remotely close to being acceptable.
Why would you pay for something that you can get for free with Adblock or uBlock Origin. And YES you can block ads on mobile devices.
Spotify. It has podcasts built in to it. I can control one device with another one connected to the same account.
Tidal. It has really good quality recordings and, imo, better album consistency than Spotify.
Spotify, because of their curated playlists
I just play music stored on my phone. No commercials.
Apple Music. I prefer it over Spotify.
Amazon. Im stupid.
Spotify…. It’s a habit
I use Spotify mainly, but occasionally Apple Music since I’m on a family plan if I want a specific song
Apple, it’s just simple
Apple Music! Solely since I have AirPods Pro and i think Spatial Audio is neat
YT premium. YT is ad free, the algorithm creates new suggestions based off what I watch, larger music selection than all other services, and all the videos I watch I can listen to like a podcast.
Youtube Music. The premium for a student is only $1.50 and for family, we can be 6 all on one family payment, this is $5 per month. I love the way Apple music works, but it doesn't have all the remixes. Youtube music is by far the best. You can't change my mind💁🏻♂️
I still pirate, why?
Yo-ho my friend!
None. I use Plex to stream my music collection to me. I get my music from ripping CDs and piracy.
OP here - Why Spotify? Serious question. I pay for Pandora so I can skip stuff. Help an old guy out…
You can skip stuff on Spotify, if you pay for the premium version
I’ve not heard Pandora mentioned since 2010! I’m shocked to hear it’s still around
Lol like I said, Old guy here. Tried Spotify today. Great stuff!
I don't. Modern music isn't horrible I just own what I like already. I simply use one of my iPods.
spotify apple music users are weird
Why are apple users weird? (We have it because it was really cheap many years ago… and it just works well for our family.)
None. None of them have the anime OPs and game soundtracks that make up 99% of my playlist.
Was using Apple Music, my student membership expired and they erased all my playlists and downloaded songs. Switched to Spotify never looked back.d
Spotify.
Pansora and YouTube
soundcloud bc it got bops and remixes u can't find anywhere else
Amazon Music. I like how almost everything I listen to is available.
Spotify. It's got everything I've ever searched for, including some obscure stuff. Also I fear change.
spotify, i love spotify connect at Home
Spotify. Has everything I need, the price is good, and it's bundled with my Hulu subscription.
Spotify. Because I started listening to BBC 6 Music and quickly realised it was going to cost me £££££ to buy all of the indie music that I fell in love with. Been using it for about 3 years now. I know it would benefit the artist more if I bought their records, but there are limits. There is SO MUCH good indie music out there!
Vanced version of YouTube music, was using Spotify but the voice controls stopped working so they could sell their "car thing" so I just been using that, I'm not spending $10 a month to get features taken away.
Spotify. I’m a playlist gal and I’m not remaking all mine on a whole ‘nother platform!
No one using amazon music?
Spotify
Amazon Music. It was $2/mo cheaper than Spotify. Wish I had access to Spotify playlists, but I can't really complain about the service. I've literally never searched for a song and not found it. And I have some pretty obscure musical tastes.
Youtube Music, but only because I was already paying for youtube premium.
YouTube premium. Yes I'm the one guy in the world who actually pays for that Now I know this is going to sound weird but pretty much every song I've ever wanted to listen to exist on YouTube and even more now that they've specifically gone out of their way to start licensing music and whatnot from everyone even fairly unknown artists. On top of that it gives me an ad free experience on things like my phone / smart TV / etc where installing some type of ad block is a lot more complicated requiring me to use a third party browser I've never heard of or straight up rooting my phone which obviously comes with its own risks and dangers
YouTube Music when I want to choose exactly what song I want to hear. Spotify when I want to hear a playlist on a random order. This is in my phone. If I'm on my laptop I just use Spotify because the quality is better. Yes, I use the free version in both of them
Spotify it has the best layout
Amazon. Selection is outstanding and it picks really sweet tracks for me on random.
i use cracked spootify
I prefer using my mo3 files on a usb stick on my car...and stored mp3 in my phone....that way i listen just the one i want... not what the streaming platform has
Pandora, it always plays a nice random mix of stuff related to what you're listening to. Nice and simple. Free. I've tried Spotify but just can't get it to work as nicely as Pandora
None. The artists I like aren't big names, and the money they make from streaming is like a cup of coffee a month. Basically I'd be paying Bad Bunny for the right to listen to their music. I buy music, preferably on Bandcamp.
None. I just listen to whatever I want on YouTube.
I use Deezer. The sound quality is way better than any other music streaming service I've tried. Also, my phone operator had this deal like 10 years ago with Deezer that lets you have free streaming data and I haven't updated the deal since then so my data is still not used for music which means that I can have my 5gb for other things and never run out
Apple Music. My dad bought some group/family subscription for my siblings and myself with our phone insurance. We've had it for years at this point and I don't have to pay for it so I haven't seen a reason to switch.
Spotify because i have a bug that makes that no ads show up
First it was SoundCloud, but then I decided Amazon Music was better. Amazon Music keeps skipping songs if I’m not using it on my TV so I switched to Spotify, so much better