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Originally Posted by Russic
Ok Apple users who are for some reason avoiding Rdio and Spotify, iTunes is updating today to have Apple Music included. First 3 months are free, so you might as well give it a whirl.
Personally I'm interested to see if it even works. The streaming component should work as it's just Beats, but it also is supposed to integrate iTunes Match – a service that frustrated me to the point that I ran screaming to Google Music.
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I'm one of the apparently uncommon people who really dug iTunes Match. I'm an extreme case though in the way I tag, categorize, and rate music.
I've been a huge fan of Spotify since it became available though and I was positive I'd not find anything in Apple Music that convinced me to switch. I was wrong. Beats1 can pound sand, and Connect is totally useless, but the curated playlist recommendations alone will make me ditch spotify. I spent a bit of time clicking "love" on all my favorite stuff in my iTunes library, which Apple Music uses to put together recommendations.
The result is that I've found more "new to me" music I love (from stuff I missed in the early 2000s to new bands I've never heard of) in two days with Apple Music than I would in weeks with Spotify.
The recommended curated playlists are the key I think. Great playlists around a theme that Apple Music detected a preference for from my library.
I'll keep both until the free trial is up, but today it looks like I'll be switching just for the "For You" tab in Apple Music.