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The (desktop) Music app suffers from such stupid UI omissions that I hate rewarding it with money. Example: You discover a "radio" show you like because it is

The (desktop) Music app suffers from such stupid UI omissions that I hate rewarding it with money. Example: You discover a "radio" show you like because it is suggested on the Browse page. Well, there's no way to save that. There's no way to bookmark it. You seriously have to essentially WRITE IT DOWN if you want to come back to a show later. WTF? Or you're on the Browse page and you play something. There's no indicator in the UI of what's playing. If you click on an interesting-looking playlist or show and 20 minutes later you've decided you like it... you come back and look and there's no way to find out what you're listening to. There's not even a little "playing" icon on the thing that's playing, let alone a proper highlight or selection. It's unbelievable. And of course, there's no way to bookmark that, either.

willio58 4y ago
This is why I switched to Spotify 3+ years ago and I'm sad to hear nothing has changed. I was on Apple Music prior for years and it just seemed so stagnant features-wise. Apple needs to apply the Safari treatment to Apple Music and create a dedicated team that regularly releases updates detached from OS updates. This team needs to have a strong UX lead associated. I agree with your reaction of dumb UI omissions. Spotify isn't perfect by any means, but they are doing a better job at looking at how people expect the app to work and responding to those needs with features.
- regular 4y ago
  The fact is that Music is still iTunes, a terrible jukebox app that Apple bought. For years after iTunes launched, you could be listening to Internet radio (REAL Internet radio, not Apple's BS "radio"), and there'd be artist and song metadata displayed in iTunes. But could you click on that and say "buy song from iTunes?" NO. I mean... WTF, I wanted to spend money on iTunes but Apple didn't allow that. To my knowledge that was NEVER fixed. Incredible.
- midoridensha 4y ago
  No, Apple should lay off half the Apply Music team, and double the prices. They'll realize much more profit that way, because 95% of subscribers will happily continue to pay, no matter how bad the service is.

willio58 4y ago

This is why I switched to Spotify 3+ years ago and I'm sad to hear nothing has changed. I was on Apple Music prior for years and it just seemed so stagnant features-wise. Apple needs to apply the Safari treatment to Apple Music and create a dedicated team that regularly releases updates detached from OS updates. This team needs to have a strong UX lead associated. I agree with your reaction of dumb UI omissions. Spotify isn't perfect by any means, but they are doing a better job at looking at how people expect the app to work and responding to those needs with features.

regular 4y ago
The fact is that Music is still iTunes, a terrible jukebox app that Apple bought. For years after iTunes launched, you could be listening to Internet radio (REAL Internet radio, not Apple's BS "radio"), and there'd be artist and song metadata displayed in iTunes. But could you click on that and say "buy song from iTunes?" NO. I mean... WTF, I wanted to spend money on iTunes but Apple didn't allow that. To my knowledge that was NEVER fixed. Incredible.
midoridensha 4y ago
No, Apple should lay off half the Apply Music team, and double the prices. They'll realize much more profit that way, because 95% of subscribers will happily continue to pay, no matter how bad the service is.