I need some help from the music crowd.
Is Spotify worth using?
I haven't tried it yet and I've known people who've mentioned it in passing, but they really don't delve into detail as to why the site is good. If they did, obviously they didn't make a strong enough argument.
I feel like everything in our digital world now is going to Spotify and I really can't get myself to join the place yet. I know they have a web version and a mobile version and I've seen both in action. I think it's just another version of Amazon Music meets a personal radio station meets Apple Music. Perhaps it's even a newer version of Live365 (which I've used for years and had the app on an iPhone 4 once upon a time. And I've found out at the time of this writing that accounts got purged and deleted in 2016 when the site went bankrupt. Now the only people with accounts are broadcasters. Bummer... I had some good presets).
I have to admit, I use both Amazon Music and Apple Podcast. Amazon because I've bought albums through the site and had the "AutoRip" (MP3) version appear in my cart. Apple Podcast because... well... I currently own an iPhone 6S and listen to podcasts at work. But I've also put those Amazon MP3 rips on my phone and listened via the Apple Music app.
I need to be swayed on good / decent pros and cons as to why "Spotify is the shit". I see on Tunespeak (that music giveaway site I talked about before) that musicians are all over Spotify and the best way to enter to win more giveaways is to listen to music on the app. I still want to know how it fares over any other site, good or bad, when it comes down to the nitty gritty.
Just like some of the podcasts I've listened to on Apple, they get you hooked with the first season but will drop season 2, episode 1, and tell you to go to Spotify for the rest. Maybe because they're getting paid better on Spotify? I know the site has a free version and a paid version ("Premium"), but what does that really get you? 10 more songs to listen to a day or 1,000 more a year?
Please... someone enlighten me... honestly. I want to know good, bad and indifferent about the music app and site before I go make myself a free trial. I'm seriously looking for help here.
Thanks in advance.
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