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WithoutTheFezOn
Aug 28, 2005
Oh no
Don’t forget Amazon Music Unlimited (no really). Average to above average across the board. Discovery, library size, app polish — none really suck, but none are the greatest. Very workmanlike, I guess you could say. Also their mobile app has the best (imo) take on showing lyrics I’ve seen. And it can be cheaper than others. Single plan for Prime members is $8/mo or $79/yr. Family plan is the standard $15/mo, but they offer a year for $149 (for everyone, not just Prime members). Also has a $4/mo plan that only lets you stream on one Echo device (I’d guess goons would call this the Grandma Plan).


In general, I think “the consensus” is going to go something like this:

Spotify is a no brainer if you’re a college student, with Hulu thrown in on top off the half price deal.
Go Spotify if you’re big on “Discovery”.
Go Google Play Music if you want YouTube Red.
Go Apple Music if you want the radio shows and/or iOS integration.
Everyone will forget about Amazon because, while it works pretty well, it’s forgettable.

And whoo boy is it a new can of worms when you start considering desktop in addition to mobile.

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WithoutTheFezOn
Aug 28, 2005
Oh no
Beats One radio has daily shows which are a lot like radio, but also has a bunch of shows that people do once a week or once every two weeks. It seems to run 12 hours per day, then repeats once. Listening live is free.

With an Apple Music sub, you can listen to past episodes of those shows (or in some cases just listen to the playlist of the show). For some reason, it appears the beats one official site is on tumblr. http://applemusic.tumblr.com/beats1

WithoutTheFezOn
Aug 28, 2005
Oh no
Tidal is giving people 12 free days of service starting on Christmas. Apparently no need to give them any info other than an email address.

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