> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Top Tech Writers Review Apple Music: “Handsome… Robust… Complicated” [+ A Video Tour] - URL: https://www.hypebot.com/top-tech-writers-review-apple-music-handsome-robust-complicated-a-video-tour/ - Published: 2015-06-30T09:20:07.000Z - Updated: 2015-06-30T09:20:07.000Z - Description: Several tech writers were given a 1 day trial of Apple Music yesterday and overnight their reviews started to trickle. While generally positive, there were some real concerns that could slow. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/06/top-tech-writers-review-apple-music-handsome-robus - Author: Bruce Houghton - Tags: Apps, Mobile & SMS, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, Apple Inc., Bob Seger, Garth Brooks, iTunes, Jimmy Iovine, List of online music databases, Mashable, Spotify, Streaming media, Taylor Swift, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28 [![Apple-music2](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb084afe75970d-150wi "Apple-music2")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb084afe75970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Several **tech writers** were given a 1 day trial of **Apple Music** yesterday and overnight their reviews started to trickle. While generally positive, there were **some real concerns** that could **slow mainstream adoption**. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Here is what several tech critics who were given an advance look at Apple Music has to say: **[USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2015/06/30/first-look-apple-music/29498011/?AID=10709313&PID=6147232&SID=ibjcbylr1w0023dg00dth&ref=hypebot.com),** Edward C. Baig > "After a day's listen, I can't tell how readily listeners will agree to pay." [r**e/code**](http://recode.net/2015/06/30/apple-music-first-look-rich-fluid-but-somewhat-confusing/?ref=hypebot.com), Walt Mossberg [![Apple-logo](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7a6efb5970b-150wi "Apple-logo")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c7a6efb5970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com) "Apple has built a handsome, robust app and service that goes well beyond just offering a huge catalog of music by providing many ways to discover and group music for a very wide range of tastes and moods. But it’s also uncharacteristically complicated by Apple standards… It will take time to learn it. And that’s not something you’re going to want to do if all you’re looking for is to lean back and listen." **Mashable**, Christina Warren > "Will it replace Spotify for diehard subscribers? That’s a more complicated question… > > For now, however, the For Me section alone has made me excited about music for the first time in a long time." **A video tour:** **Bonus:** [11 Pretty Strong Reactions I Had To Apple Music](http://www.mtv.com/news/2199402/apple-music-review-gifs/?ref=hypebot.com) Related articles [![](http://i.zemanta.com/349374294_80_80.jpg)](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-expands-60-day-free-trial-days-before-apple-music-launch/)[Spotify Expands 60 Day Free Trial, Days Before Apple Music Launch](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-expands-60-day-free-trial-days-before-apple-music-launch/) [![](http://i.zemanta.com/346101074_80_80.jpg)](https://www.hypebot.com/too-big-to-fail-spotify-payments-accelerate-top-300-million-in-q1/)[TOO BIG TO FAIL? 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