Justin Vernon Still Thinks Apple Music Sucks
Yesterday, our own Michael Nelson wrote a very convincing piece about all the pernicious shit that Apple has been doing lately, especially with regards to the Apple Music streaming service. Most recently, Spotify claims that Apple rejected its iOS update just to drive more customers to its own service. And there are other reasons not to like the service. For instance: Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon jumped on Twitter this morning to complain that Apple Music is “a horrid platform,” a vast downgrade from the elegant simplicity of the old iTunes. Vernon has had complaints about Apple Music before, and he would like to remind you that he thinks it’s some bullshit:
apple went from being innovative, plug + play … the best way to experience music and file management to literally a horrid platform ….
— blobtower (@blobtower) July 1, 2016
they let the commercialization of apple music get in the way of making a product easy, simple, and beautiful to use. #neversyncagain
— blobtower (@blobtower) July 1, 2016
Vernon also clarifies that he has no plans to pull his music from Apple Music. He just thinks it sucks, is all.