In The US: The Waffle House Index; In Ukraine? The McDonald's Index -- September 20, 2022

McDonald's will begin a phased re-opening in Ukraine (even as Starbucks begins a phased closing in the US).

• one has to ask: where is it safer to live? The Ukraine or Portland?
  

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The Music Page

This is quite interesting.

Chevrolet is now featuring a Fleetwood Mac song from 1987.

Recently, Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours was named the second best album ever (Purple Rain / Prince was #1). Rumours was released in 1977. 

With Rumours at #2 and Prince at #1, that means Fleetwood Mac beat out both Abbey Road and Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. I'm shocked. Shocked.

Note: this song is/was not on the Rumouurs album. This song was from a later album.

Right now:

This is great news for Apple. One can argue music is what made Apple #1 in smart phones.
Bottom line:

After comparing these two streaming services, Apple Music is a better option than Spotify Premium simply because it currently offers high-resolution streaming. 

However, Spotify still has some major advantages like collaborative playlists, better social features, and more. 

If you’re someone who avidly uses Apple devices in their daily life, you’ll appreciate Apple Music’s familiar UI design language, Siri support, and automatic synchronization across Apple devices. 

On the other hand, Spotify has always been designed with cross-compatibility in mind. 

If you’re looking to step out of Apple’s ecosystem when streaming music, Spotify is sure to satisfy listeners with its vast collection of music and podcasts, and its powerful music recommendation algorithms. However, while you can access Spotify for free, Premium doesn’t just eliminate the ads. 

The free version of Spotify doesn’t let you save music locally, which can tax mobile data plans, and also limits how often you can skip songs while using the mobile app (6 an hour). Still, it’s a great option if you want to save money and mainly listen to music on your computer.

Let's parse that:

"If you’re looking to step out of Apple’s ecosystem when streaming music, Spotify is sure to satisfy listeners ..."

... the Spotify experience will "satisfy" listeners ... but not "wow" them.

But this is reality:

Kudos to Spotify.

Apple Music statistics.