[boxed]

Spotify plays the music when you tell it to though. I've heard Apple Music streaming can be a bit laggy to start.

[threeseed]

Spotify has significantly worse quality than Apple Music.

So that could be one reason it takes longer to buffer.

[boxed]

Citation needed. This sounds like audiophile craziness. https://support.spotify.com/us/article/audio-quality/

256b/s AAC is well enough for it to be indistinguishable from lossless.

[leokennis]

This is true. Apple Music is excellent, but slower than the competition when searching and browsing.

[boxed]

I heard it also is laggy even starting songs.