| I was using Spotify 3 years ago but it was killing the battery life on my Nexus 4 so I switched to Google Play Music (chose it because of the upload feature). I like the service but there is many things in the UI that I don't like: - No desktop app - Album listing is a mess:
. It doesn't differentiate between singles and albums so the album list is sometimes very long for no reasons
. You can't mentally filter them yourselves as the number of tracks and the album's length are not displayed for each "album"
. It is somehow sorted by release year, but not entirely (you can't chose anyway).
. On mobile the year is not even displayed so if you want to quickly see if an artist has a new album or simply listen to the more recent one, you can't really be sure of what is displayed. - On mobile the search button is not always accessible, you have to navigate / "go back" - Features disappearing:
. You used to be able to filter new releases by genre. Now it's a general category of just popular artists.
. Same for popular tracks and albums. For my tastes this entire feature is basically useless. - Radios: the UI used to suggest auto-generated radios based on artists you listen to, it was my favorite feature that helped me discover many great artists and songs. Somehow it got moved and it took me a long time to find it again (it's now only a link on the artist page I guess ? I never think to do that) - Bonus nitpick : the upload feature is great, sadly your music is not available to other people on the family plan |