Apple Music can’t be touched for classical or jazz. It’s also got a lot of really obscure genres (like early 20th century Berlin music hall stuff that my father was quite fond of).
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Apple Music Classical is fantastic
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I’d like some of the metadata capability stuff to move across to the normal music app, but can see why it’s stand alone
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This YouTube link was posted somewhere else on here which gives an explanation.
For me, the big difference is that the new app adds space between movements. I used to find that the Music app sometimes ran one movement into the next with no space. Not insurmountable, but the main reasons, I think, revolves around discovery.
How do you find the discoverability/algorithms on Tidal?
I actually find it very good. Firstly the music quality through my Sony headphones with the LDAC codec is absolutely noticeable.
After a few days the daily mixes and new and upcoming playlists appeared (I guess after it had learned more about my listening habits) and these are as varied as Spotify.
I found Spotify shuffle to not really be a shuffle, I heard the same 100 tracks or so of my liked playlist. Tidal is surfacing liked songs I haven’t listened to in years 
I miss Spotify Connect, but Tidal’s option works for Chromecast, it’s just not as smooth.
Overall I’m happy with Tidal and I’m staying. Even bought the family plan.
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This article is excellent – explains that and also delves onto the strengths and weaknesses of Apple Music Classical:
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Upon using Apple Music a bit longer, I have gotten used to the app and website and they really aren’t that different to YT Music. It is also recommending me similar songs to the ones I got on YT Music. The lyrics are better as they actually move with the song, and you can get music to play in the background on XBox Series S. The audio quality is also clearly better. However, the student plan is £1 more expensive. Don’t know whether it is worth it once my trial ends (I know it is only £12 more a year, but that is still something I can spend elsewhere).
Clearer on desktop or mobile apps?
Did you move your music lists over to ytm with a tool ?
If this is in response to me, mobile is definitely better. I don’t think I could tell a difference on laptop.
Despite moving from Amazon, to YouTube, to Apple, I have yet to use one of the methods to move my playlists over. I don’t listen to that many different things so it isn’t much hassle just adding them back. Plus, Apple and YouTube have recommended me many of the songs I missed anyway.
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It was to you, discourse doesn’t show the reply icon when replying to the last message but you should get a notification icon, but other users wouldn’t know so that’s annoying.
I was asking because at least on browser, ytm used to play in lower quality than what was available on the mobile app.
If a song isn’t available on ytm it will play it from yt on the native yt audio quality which is worse than ytm, and often I found those tools would add the wrong version of the song, or the music video listing so the ytm app would play the yt version even when it had the high quality music only version.
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So it has been almost a week and I am blown away by the mixes that Tidal has created for me (and the tracks on the radio stations it has suggested for me). I thought Spotify discoverability was really good, but Tidal is surpassing it.
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Woo! Good to know it’s not just me who finds the mixes and recommendations better
I’ve read that Spotify is heavily influenced by labels paying more to be pushed to the top of the algorithm, and you can certainly see this trend I think. It also affects the shuffle mode, so you end up hearing the same songs over and over.
Tidal seems to do this less (I’m sure they still do it in some way, money is money after all), and I prefer it.
I recently moved from Spotify (after having been with them since 2011) over to AM. Spotify ruined their home screen with a TikTok, Instagram-Reels, style update. It autoplayed too all the damn time.
I am liking AM - it just takes some getting used to.
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Apparently there was a big update to Apple Music for Windows today (and also Apple TV for Windows). As I’m on Windows 10, I can’t get it, but might be worth updating it to see the changes.
https://9to5mac.com/2023/04/25/apple-music-windows-media-keys-lyrics-more/
Is that the same update schedule as the new music mix. Because that’s when this does.
I looked at mine and I’m not sure it’s working properly. I listen to a LOT of music but the tracks it’s picking up, there’s no way some of those are the most I’ve played. Feels like it’s not correctly picking up the tunes.
I’ve just been sent an unmissable offer from Spotify.
Get back to playing your songs without audio interruptions by rejoining Premium. £10.99 for 3 months.
Individual plan only. 3 Months for £10.99. Previously £10.99/month, £10.99/month after trial.
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That must have been quite the first post…
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It was an AI generated spam bot post
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I was the top 0.001% for a band with Spotify once 
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