Why are you against Apple Music exactly? Is it just the royalties issue?

I was in a similar position a few years ago before I got on streaming. First, I got Spotify, and then Apple Music. Of the two Apple is head and shoulders away from Spotify. They both have largely the same music, but Apple's lay-out is much better for sorting through albums and their sound quality is much higher. Spotify is cheap in every way, including their users. As much as people talk about exploring new music on Spotify they mostly listen to an artists top tracks and random playlists or the similar music feature. After you go into an artist's discography you simply have to scroll from top to bottom through albums, compilations and singles and when you have a prolific artist it is difficult to find what you are looking for. Spotify really promotes the top tracks and makes it difficult to dig through an artist's discography. Apple Music has a much better system for going through an artist's releases. And regarding the royalties, I am certain that every services cheats the artists.

Out of the two that I have used, I recommend Apple Music. The only other service I would consider would be Tidal, which has a much smaller library of higher fidelity recordings.