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by ProfessorLayton 2582 days ago
Good riddance. iTunes went from one of my favorite music players, to an app I loathe to use every day at work just to listen to my Apple Music subscription.

Admittedly I don't find iOS' Music app that much better, so I'm pretty wary of iTunes' upcoming replacement.
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will_pseudonym 2582 days ago
I'm genuinely curious: why not use an alternative to Apple Music?
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ProfessorLayton 2582 days ago
Great question:

- I'm all-in the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, Watch, ATV4K, Airport Express). So are my family members.

- I'm on a family plan so $15/4 is a price that can't be beat. I do not live with the family members I share the plan with. This is relevant because:

- I actually had a friend share their Spotify Family plan with me and Spotify insisted I prove I lived in the same address! Apple doesn't ask for anything beyond linking Apple IDs to a family.

- The actual service/catalog provided by AM is fantastic, but overall I'm very unsatisfied with the UX of Apple's music apps.

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