As the title suggests, I'm a former (and still largely) Apple user. I'm becoming more platform agnostic over time and got my first Android recently - the Samsung Galaxy S10.
One thing that I don't like about Apple (and seems like this might apply to all) is that you need to either push content to their cloud (and subscribe to cloud storage) OR subscribe to streaming music.
On my Apple, I've purchased my music - song by song - since 2003 (and might even be the occasional audio file from Napster or Limewire). I've backed up my Library onto a physical external hard drive over the years. I sync my iPhone with my iTunes library (on my macbook), which creates a copy of the library and retrieves the music from the Apple store (unless I specify to download my music) so the space occupied on the phone is limited. I do NOT pay any monthly fees to Apple for anything.
Now, on my new phone, I can drop the audio files into the 'Music' folder and play them with an app like 'Folder Music' - but I see two drawbacks, 1) I need to actually copy all the files to my phone and that consumes alot of space and 2) the music is not easy to organize. On Apple, I can browse and create a playlist in the music app or on my macbook and then copy to the phone.
So the questions I have are:
One thing that I don't like about Apple (and seems like this might apply to all) is that you need to either push content to their cloud (and subscribe to cloud storage) OR subscribe to streaming music.
On my Apple, I've purchased my music - song by song - since 2003 (and might even be the occasional audio file from Napster or Limewire). I've backed up my Library onto a physical external hard drive over the years. I sync my iPhone with my iTunes library (on my macbook), which creates a copy of the library and retrieves the music from the Apple store (unless I specify to download my music) so the space occupied on the phone is limited. I do NOT pay any monthly fees to Apple for anything.
Now, on my new phone, I can drop the audio files into the 'Music' folder and play them with an app like 'Folder Music' - but I see two drawbacks, 1) I need to actually copy all the files to my phone and that consumes alot of space and 2) the music is not easy to organize. On Apple, I can browse and create a playlist in the music app or on my macbook and then copy to the phone.
So the questions I have are:
1. What are my options if I want to transfer my old iTunes Library to my Samsung if I don't want to subscribe to any monthly services and don't want to deal with unorganized audio files?
I think this ideally looks like a sync of the library (and playlists) that would then be able to play the songs themselves from the cloud (again at no monthly cost - this is how my iPhone works now).
2. Assuming there is no answer to 1, what are the alternatives to paying Apple $15/mo. for Apple Music (family subscription) - a monthly fee to access music I already purchased? Would any of these options let me bring in my old music to my library?
3. Assuming I breakdown and finally paying for streaming music - are there services that let you build out playlists (e.g. for the gym) and play songs on demand?
Thanks to all in advance.I think this ideally looks like a sync of the library (and playlists) that would then be able to play the songs themselves from the cloud (again at no monthly cost - this is how my iPhone works now).
2. Assuming there is no answer to 1, what are the alternatives to paying Apple $15/mo. for Apple Music (family subscription) - a monthly fee to access music I already purchased? Would any of these options let me bring in my old music to my library?
3. Assuming I breakdown and finally paying for streaming music - are there services that let you build out playlists (e.g. for the gym) and play songs on demand?
