AKA find niggas an app that can do all this outside of Spotify Apple thread
There’s not one song in the world that imma go through the effort of googling a song, finding a download that isn’t a virus, having to upload and tag it right in iTunes, and then uploading it to the cloud that barely works
You make it sound way more complicated than it is
Literally download from YouTube, drag and drop into your library, and tag it.
Done
Tell that to my leaked copy of Hell Hath No Fury or Record For Hype MBDTF/the clusterfuck of scrapped Kanye albums and reused songs, having like 3-4 different versions of prime Wayne songs or even songs on mixtapes that got added to major label albums and it confuses Apple Music when I try to play from any of them, it will be like multiple albums with the overlapping metadata and mixed up covers
But I also missed Apple Music payment one time a few years ago (#BrokeNiggaAlert), they deleted my whole library and that probably also complicated things
bro yes apple music is terrible with that trying to match your uploaded project metadata to what they have s***, it's butchered so many old projects for me. i have mad random single compilation/soundtrack albums with one song each all over my library from it. you can't even counter it either since it's automatic
i have so much of this kind of bullshit

Lol you can edit all of this in AM
It doesn’t stick is what we trying to tell you man. Lol you can edit it as much as you want but it picks and chooses when it wants to acknowledge those changes probably something to do with the iCloud syncing in real time
i have so much of this kind of bullshit

!!!!!
"can just download/save to your local files to add to your AM library"
OP discovers not everyone uses the same service to listen to music
You make it sound way more complicated than it is
Literally download from YouTube, drag and drop into your library, and tag it.
Done
talking about viruses
Tbh I'm glad metal is still heavily reliant on Bandcamp + buying physical media for older/more underground projects
Local files + Jellyfin/Plexamp for on the go = win. Still using Spotify this year but hoping to go completely off the grid by next year
local files don’t show up on your AM Replay or Spotify Wrapped, so it’s nice being able to see a more accurate picture of your listening in the app
Last.fm is just so much better to look at your listening habits. I'm a convert
I got over 500 tracks in my apple music that literally came from limewire when I was in high school
i have so much of this kind of bullshit

What the f*** is this.
Tbh I'm glad metal is still heavily reliant on Bandcamp + buying physical media for older/more underground projects
Local files + Jellyfin/Plexamp for on the go = win. Still using Spotify this year but hoping to go completely off the grid by next year
Your own device for only music is the way to live.
I like the excuse to revisit a project I havnt heard in some time. Even if it's in my local files already if it hits the platform I like the opportunity for it to get more exposure and for the conversation online to be focused on it for a bit
Your own device for only music is the way to live.
Ehh completely unnecessary imo and for 99% of people would be a burden in this day and age
Just set up Jellyfin and stream your own media or save all your local files onto your phone
Ehh completely unnecessary imo and for 99% of people would be a burden in this day and age
Just set up Jellyfin and stream your own media or save all your local files onto your phone
I don’t like having my phone on me. I don’t like storing stuff on my phone. I have a s*** ton of music.
The batteries are weak and they’re not reliable and it’s a phone.
I don’t like having my phone on me. I don’t like storing stuff on my phone. I have a s*** ton of music.
The batteries are weak and they’re not reliable and it’s a phone.
“I don’t like having my phone on me”
Alright man totally representing the average layman in 2026
“I don’t like having my phone on me”
Alright man totally representing the average layman in 2026
The average layman doesn’t love music.
I got over 500 tracks in my apple music that literally came from limewire when I was in high school
Same lol
I like the excuse to revisit a project I havnt heard in some time. Even if it's in my local files already if it hits the platform I like the opportunity for it to get more exposure and for the conversation online to be focused on it for a bit
Fair point
because i know everyone not a music nerd like me. my girl realized why thug was a goat when the slime seasons were released on streaming her ball knowledge before that was only so much fun and the hits