Previous bitches re: Amazon Music and this shuffle mode shit.

I can build upon that bitch now. I selected an artist and after a couple of songs, Amazon starts shuffling. Okay, I can't listen to the artist I wanted to listen to but at least play something similar that I might like.

Amazon picks an artist and style I don't really prefer; other people may like it, but I don't. So I "Thumbs Down" the title. What does Amazon do in its infinite wisdom? It plays another title by the same artist! Thumbs down again and behold yet another title by the same artist!!

Well, I keep Thumbs Down-ing titles until it switches to a different artist. Who is similar to the artist I didn't like and so another round of Thumbs down.

And then apparently I exhaust my Thubms Down limit for the day. Great. So, now I just stop listening to what I wanted to hear and just completely switch genres and to music I own (no more shuffling).

Amazon Music is so fucked up. It's not even worth listening to it free at this point.

One step closer to just subscribing to Apple Music.

Maybe just compile your own playlist.
I never liked anyone else picking the songs because just as you have shown it is a gamble of success.
You really going to rely on a thumbs up or down to make an instant good decision?

I've had them ALL...Amazon Music, Pandora, Sirius XM (still have this in my cars) and absolutely none of them can compete with Apple Music. I love it! I'm hooked for the reasons you stated. The new music I get to hear is fresh stuff that is very recent. The old stuff stays in the style I select and it never repeats the same playlist over and over again like Pandora and Amazon Music. Most of them don't let you pick an artist and stay with that artist only, but Apple Music does.

I have Apple Music (and Apple Classical), and Amazon Music ($89/year). I mostly use Amazon Music. The “My Likes and More” playlist works very well for me. I have hundreds of “likes”, and the “and More” part does a decent job of discovering stuff that I enjoy.

AFAIK, Apple Music play lists don’t provide the discovery feature. I don’t think that I’ll renew my Apple Music subscription.

I listen mostly to classical music.

Are you using something that is free? If so you cant really complain can you?

I decided to stick with paid Spotify for now even thought they raided the price a little, I can hit skip until the end of time and not have to deal with any silliness.

You DO get what you pay for like the old saying goes.

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Amazon Music is so fucked up. It's not even worth listening to it free at this point.

While I listen primarily with QoBuz {paid} for Hi-Res Audio, I just signed up to try Amazon Music Unlimited > FREE for 4 months, cancel at anytime.

So I guess we'll see if it has any value over QoBuz.

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You DO get what you pay for like the old saying goes.

^^^ Indeed

The wacky algorithm Pandora used prompted me to cancel and move to Spotify. If it would play something similar, I wouldn't have minded even if I wasn't a fan of the music. But, no one in their right mind would consider the stuff Pandora was offering up remotely similar.

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Originally posted by smschulz:

While I listen primarily with QoBuz {paid} for Hi-Res Audio ...

Just as an aside, I tried QoBuz last summer and bailed before the end of the trial period. I used an app to "port" my Spotify playlists into QoBuz. After it was done, it generated a report showing which songs weren't matched. In my case, it was about 40%.

I thought maybe it was a glitch, but I tried searching manually and confirmed that a lot of the music I listen to is not part of the QoBuz library.