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by toomanybeersies 3451 days ago
I use Spotify since I get it for free with my mobile phone provider (well, not actually free, but it's cheaper with my provider than on its own).

Discover weekly is usually really good and choosing good music, it's a shame that it's only once a week. Spotify radio is also usually quite good and making a playlist of songs based on an artist or a song.

They also now have "your daily mix", which I'm fairly sure only takes songs that you've listened to before, but often gives me songs I haven't heard in a while.

They also have running radio, which matches songs to your running pace. I don't use it though, since I don't run.

I haven't used any other streaming services out there, but Spotify does everything I need it to. The one thing it doesn't have is Taylor Swift, but none of the streaming services do.

Before Spotify, I had actually never paid for music, I'd usually torrent it (or sometimes use youtube). But the sheer convenience of Spotify has caused me to hand out a few bucks a month for it.

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Spotify Radio is horrible. It always plays the same songs over and over, for months. It doesn't seem to learn or adapt at all.
Apple Music has Taylor Swift if I remember correctly
AM is missing other things, like beyonce's latest album.
The music streaming services are competing now with exclusive albums (this was Tidal's big draw; are they even still around?), to the detriment of their users.
Definitely also recommend Spotify. Has enough that if I can't find something I want, I'm quickly distracted by something else soon enough.

The Discover and Daily Mix options have been great. It's brought dozens of great artists and tracks to my attention that I don't know I'd have found otherwise.

I'm sure they're likely also on other services, but I really like the instrumental versions of some albums (by RJD2, Aesop Rock, etc) - often makes them good options for the office.