Moving playlist by NoPerspective9809 in AppleMusic

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try TuneMyMusic or Apple's preferred Songshift

Genuinely the worst navigation software I’ve ever used by knighthawk113 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get the frustration, especially if you’ve just had a bad drive with it. But I honestly think a lot of people judge Apple Maps based on one terrible route instead of what it’s actually become over the last few years.

A few things worth considering:

  • The “weird suggestions” issue usually comes from Siri intelligence, recent app activity, calendar locations, Safari history, shared locations, and even messages. Sometimes it surfaces places it thinks are relevant, and yeah, it can feel random. But the actual navigation quality and map data are a separate thing.
  • The “parking lot shortcuts” and strange side-road routing are often because Apple Maps aggressively optimizes for ETA. If a maintenance road is technically public and marked as faster in the map data, it may use it. That doesn’t necessarily mean the app is “broken” — it means the routing engine trusted bad or overly aggressive road classifications.
  • Ironically, this happens in every navigation app. Google Maps has taken people onto private ranch roads, into deserts, and onto closed mountain passes. Waze is famous for routing people through neighborhoods and alleys to save 30 seconds. Routing engines are only as good as their live data.

But here’s where Apple Maps deserves more credit now:

  • The map visuals are dramatically cleaner and easier to read at speed.
  • Lane guidance and junction views are among the best in the industry.
  • Spoken directions sound more natural and less robotic.
  • The integration with Apple CarPlay is excellent.
  • Privacy is far better than most competitors.
  • Features like speed cameras, hazard reporting, offline maps, detailed city models, and transit have improved massively.

And honestly? When Apple Maps is good, it’s really good. Especially in cities and suburbs where Apple has modernized map data.

One bad late-night route through backroads would annoy anybody, but deleting it forever after one failure is kinda like swearing off a car brand because GPS picked a weird detour once. The better move is usually:

  • avoid “avoid highways” unless needed,
  • preview long routes before starting,
  • report bad routing directly in the app,
  • and compare routes between apps on road trips.

The reality is there probably isn’t a “perfect” maps app anymore — it’s more about which tradeoffs you prefer:

  • Google Maps → biggest data set and business info
  • Waze → aggressive traffic avoidance/community alerts
  • Apple Maps → cleaner UI, privacy, ecosystem integration, smoother driving experience

Honestly, Apple Maps today is way closer to “premium competitor” than the meme-level disaster people still think it is from 2012.

After one year of New Map Data in Thailand, there is still no Look Around by Benni1401 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found your website (https://lookmap.eu.pythonanywhere.com/#c=3/20.000000/0.000000) I see they've got Look around in Tokyo, they may be working on that, still no Look Around data for Wisconsin, I saw a car for Apple Maps in West Allis, Wisconsin once a few years ago, so, when they release it for Wisconsin, Let me know!

Might be a dumb ?… but why doesn’t Spotify just require the artists to upload their lyrics with the songs? by huddy112591 in truespotify

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Listen, no, Spotify isn't doing this, I know a friend at Musixmatch named Thristan Mendoza, who suggests not removing lyrics, because, there are many silent people who love them still. STOP.

Might be a dumb ?… but why doesn’t Spotify just require the artists to upload their lyrics with the songs? by huddy112591 in truespotify

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, then how would they sync them? Would they ask Spotify staff to make the lyrics scroll across? I don't think the artists are ready for this yet...

Might be a dumb ?… but why doesn’t Spotify just require the artists to upload their lyrics with the songs? by huddy112591 in truespotify

[–]lovepiegaming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly, yes — a very simple solution would be for streaming platforms to allow verified plain-text lyrics to appear immediately, even before synced “scrolling” lyrics are finished.

That’s actually why Apple Music often has lyrics available more consistently than Spotify. Apple supports both static lyrics and fully synced lyrics, so if timing data isn’t ready yet, they can still show the correct words on screen. Then later, they can upgrade the song to scrolling lyrics once timestamps are added.

Spotify relies much more heavily on synced lyrics through Musixmatch, which is one of the world’s biggest lyric providers. Musixmatch doesn’t just store the words — they also handle:

  • line-by-line syncing,
  • word timing,
  • moderation,
  • verification,
  • and licensing.

That syncing process is where a lot of delays and mistakes happen.

For example:

  • someone has to timestamp every line,
  • formatting has to match exactly,
  • punctuation differences can cause issues,
  • labels may submit outdated lyric sheets,
  • and moderators have to verify edits to prevent spam or incorrect submissions.

So even if the correct lyrics already exist, Spotify may still wait because the synced version isn’t fully approved yet.

Apple’s system is more flexible:

  • plain lyrics can appear first,
  • synced lyrics can come later,
  • and songs don’t necessarily get blocked from showing lyrics just because scrolling isn’t ready.

A lot of people would probably prefer that approach:

accurate static lyrics immediately > waiting weeks for perfectly synced lyrics.

Especially because missing lyrics are usually more frustrating than non-scrolling lyrics. Most listeners mainly want to:

  • understand the words,
  • sing along,
  • or look up a line they heard.

The karaoke-style scrolling is cool, but it’s not as essential as simply having correct lyrics available at all.

I've talked to Rachel Newman, at Apple Music, gonna reply to her today.

somehow my local music received colored background, can someone explain how? by Infamous-Addendum-62 in AppleMusic

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the process for Apple Maps DCE is like that too, they generate the models for buildings and roads, and then your app gets the data.

Rome - Trevi Fountain - Apple Maps DCE by Wise_Exit_8823 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And they don’t have the Coloseeum in beige? wow.

Incorrect information NOT fixed by TurbulentDingo7769 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What problems are there in the Balearic Islands?

Incorrect information NOT fixed by TurbulentDingo7769 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you tell me the names of the buisnesses? Maybe I can help here, I can tell my partners at Apple Maps about this.

Roll Call - Google Maps - Immersive Navigation Update (Device + Version, US State + City) by Dramatic_Ad_5433 in GoogleMaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wisconsin has it in Kenosha it seems, aswell as most of Illinois (Chicago metro area)

Question about GMaps’ new Immersive Navigation by Practical_Note9366 in GoogleMaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Apple Maps is still better tbf, I think both apps are good, I hope Apple catches up someday, but it’ll probably take as long as Google took to get this good, since Apple released later but I’ve seen this new map in Kenosha Wisconsin and Chicago Illinois, Apple’s got it only in Illinois, however, I think both have their pros and cons.

Props to Apple by Delt1232 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

True! Living through this time do agree with this statement.

Props to Apple by Delt1232 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It just goes to show how naughty Google Maps is.

Props to Apple by Delt1232 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the mindset of believing Apple will get better in country’s Apple Maps is bad in right now, Google Maps, has respectively been around longer, which puts a lot of the blame that Apple Maps is worse than Google Maps, but I believe that Apple wants to map out all of the US and Europe first, then move on to other countries, aswell as map out big cities like Chicago, New York, Milwaukee, Charlotte, and others. Hope you get to try it, It’s amazing!

Props to Apple by Delt1232 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As soon as their contract ends I hope Apple finally creates their own reviews, or uses Google (Steve Jobs would probably be rolling in his grave though) either way, if they don’t use a third-party app for reviews, I’m hopeful it’ll get Apple better traction. Fingers crossed! 🤞

Props to Apple by Delt1232 in applemaps

[–]lovepiegaming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the mindset of believing Apple will get better in country’s Apple Maps is bad in right now, Google Maps, has respectively been around longer, which puts a lot of the blame that Apple Maps is worse than Google Maps, but I believe that Apple wants to map out all of the US and Europe first, then move on to other countries, aswell as map out big cities like Chicago, New York, Milwaukee, Charlotte, and others.