I just switched to Apple Music after two years of Spotify Premium - and so far, I'm not impressed

AppleI joined Spotify during my sophomore year of college. For awhile, I enjoyed the playlists and didn't mind listening to the ads every now and again. But once I was back home in New York City for the summer and away from the plentiful campus WiFi, I found myself burning through data.

After a few weeks of warnings from Verizon that I was approaching my data limit, I decided to take the plunge and become a Spotify Premium member. For more than two years, I enjoyed my ad-free listening experience, and I made the most of my Premium membership.

But everything changed a month ago when I decided to de-link my Facebook account from my Spotify. I thought it would be a simple process, but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn't find any way to do it. Eventually, I reached out to the Spotify support team, and they informed me that since I had created my account using my Facebook login, it was impossible to de-link the two.

The only solution, I was told, was to delete my Spotify account and create a new one. So that's what I did. They gave me credit for a free month of Premium to make up for the time that was left on my other account, and transferred all my songs and playlists over for me.

For one reason or another, once my month of Premium was almost up and Spotify started asking me for my credit card information, I got cold feet. After two years with one streaming service, it was time to see what else was out there.

This week, I signed up for Spotify's biggest rival: Apple Music. Here are my first impressions.