Apple pays artists more than Spotify...but streaming services are the newest way the distributors of money have figured out how to not give artists/creators their fair share of money earned or made through their labor/craft. In fact, it screws them more than any other previous distribution methods. As such I still try to buy fullalbums/CDs from artists that I listen to, even though most of listening is done via my iphone.
My work replaced an original iphone x with an 11 for me (near the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021...time has never been more of a construct) and ever since then Amazon Prime music hasn't worked with any consistency. In addition to often stopping its play of music due to any notifications coming in on the phone (never an issue previously), it'll stop playing a song in the middle of listening to it for no reason...can't think of it not happening anytime in months.
That said, since getting an ipod when they were a thing, I can't imagine using any service where I can't select from and control the exact album and cuts I want to hear whenever I want to hear them.
