I thoroughly enjoy playing the DJ at parties, treating friends and family to my impeccable taste in music.
So I find Apple Music’s newest feature — playlist collaboration — slightly horrifying.
Isn’t the point of building a playlist to base it on your personal selection of music, like the age-old practice of creating mixtapes?
I find the idea of a playlist built by committee to be a milquetoast disaster in the making.
Given that, collaborative playlists are a well-thought-out and well-implemented new feature of Apple Music. If collaborating on a playlist before a road trip, party or other gathering appeals to you, here’s how to do it.
Also in today’s newsletter:
The first-ever iOS trojan is a fascinatingly tricky piece of malware that sounds much worse on Android. Some new details have emerged.
Microsoft Windows has gotten a lot better in recent years, with the latest releases a lot less horrible. Here’s where to get Windows dead cheap.
The Apple mini is a handy little device, great for reading or a trip to the coffee shop. Amazon is knocking off up to $150.
This ever-evolving audiophile setup, featured on Cult of Mac in January 2022, June 2023 and January 2024, has just been upgraded again with some smaller but still awesome Yamaha speakers.
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