SPOTIFY

After weeks of testing all four services side by side, I’m still a Spotify user. In part, though, that’s because I’ve been a Spotify user for the better part of a decade. I’ve made hundreds of playlists, spent thousands of hours telling the service what I like and dislike. Spotify knows my music taste better than I do. I’m not in love with the product so much as I am inextricably grafted to it.

If you’re already a music streamer, there’s little to entice you to switch allegiances. YouTube Music, the newest entrant, has a couple of neat features, like a constantly updated “Offline mixtape” that makes sure you always have fresh tracks available for the subway ride. Still, nothing about it makes me want to leave my current setup.

If you’re looking for a way to get into the streaming world, though, Spotify’s the obvious and best choice. It’s the Netflix of music; available almost everywhere, filled with great content, endlessly clever in the ways it helps you find stuff to watch. I wish it worked with Siri, but the in-app voice search works OK when I’m in the car.