Is Apple Music worth paying for?
by Stuart Dredge from Technology | The Guardian on (#P0P8)
Three months after its free trial began, users of Apple's Spotify rival must decide whether to start paying for it. What are the pros and cons?
"Algorithms can't do it alone. They're very handy, and you can't do something of this scale without 'em, but you need a strong human element."
That's Apple's Jimmy Iovine, talking to the Guardian in June ahead of the launch of Apple Music, the company's new music-streaming service. The same interview saw him label rivals like Spotify as mere "utilities" lacking Apple's human touch.
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