btw as a huge music person i moved from Spotify to YouTube Music 2 years ago and never looked back
1 - comes with youtube premium
2 - much friendlier to both big and small artists
3 - MUCH bigger selection of indie/long tail/concert/acoustic/podcast music
4 - ui doesnt piss me off every single time i open the app
bonus:
- didnt have a failed takeover attempt putting paywalls on the open podcast ecosystem
- doesnt have overfamiliar ai dj telling u dumb things you already knew
cons:
- spotify wrapped is better than youtube wrapped
I have trouble reconciling how
1) Spotify used to have a very strong eng culture, huge on quality.
2) Their products are extremely buggy, unreliable, and getting worse esp this year. It got so bad I had to offboard from their video podcasts product, just did not work. Here: