My CD collection (all ripped) and some purchased MP3s was pretty big. But, as big as it was, it was only 0.0001% of what’s available streaming. Spotify is great and I’ve found all sorts of music that I never would have found before. The old iTunes Store did a so-so job of recommending new music and the old “Genius” feature could put together some good mixes from your collection, but none of those were as good as what Spotify has done.
I have not listened to any of my old ripped collection in quite a while now.
Nah I’m not knocking Spotify. I subscribe. Based on my playlists they recommend 30 new tracks a week. I listen and add the ones I like and it developed. Plus all the additional playlists you can find, artist recommendations etc. It’s a great piece of software (as is Shazam which can listen and identify almost any song and then you can add it to a Spotify playlist).
Was mostly mocking Apple Music. I do not subscribe and probably never will unless they buy Spotify. I did tip well over 1000 CDs back in the day. iTunes was kinda crappy and if you migrated devices it would duplicate your entire catalog. So I retract my comment about their software:-)