Where Apple Music succeeds is in curation. Rather, it’s by far the most annoying thing about Apple Music. Though Apple achieves it, the experience isn’t good. That means having to find a way for users to seamlessly listen to music they already own and music they can only stream. Why would Apple make its user experience unnecessarily complex? Well, because it wanted to house all music within one app. That wouldn’t bother me so much if I didn’t have music that I’ve already purchased that I should be able to listen to on my iPhone without touching my data (subtext: WHAT THE HELL). There again, no Wi-Fi, so I personally am looking at spending a fair amount of data on Apple Music. The other time I listen to music is while running, which I’ve noted before. Neither the subway nor the streets of New York City nor my car has Wi-Fi. Perhaps most of the time a person listening to a streaming service will be able to connect to Wi-Fi, but I know for myself, I spend a good amount of my listening hours while I’m traveling. One gigabyte of data will get you 18 hours of streaming on Apple Music, according to a report from Yahoo News. Alternatively, you can download all your albums to your phone for offline use, but I hadn’t done this yet. In order to stream your own music, you have to either connect to Wi-Fi or allow Apple Music to burn up data on your wireless plan. The reason for this is that rather than storing music on your device, Apple Music streams even the albums you own. I could only play the album from the beginning and listen straight through (I also couldn’t always play the album all the way through, though I’ve had trouble replicating this predicament). When I went to play a specific song on the album, I found I could not. I opened the tab and clicked on an album. Those albums now reside in Apple Music under a tab called “My Music.” In those three months, I had to take an hour and half ride upstate, during which I tried to listen to music I had uploaded to my phone through iTunes. While Apple will introduce you to some awesome new music, it has more than a few flaws.
That said, I won’t be solely extolling the virtues of Apple Music. I’ve been experimenting with the app for three months now, and I’m still impressed.
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