As a long time Apple hater myself, after using Apple music for over 1.5 years I got to admit that it's actually very good, the best music streaming service, even though I still dislike pretty much everything else from Apple.

Apple music easily has the best catalog for my music, on par with Spotify, and way better than Qobuz, Tidal and Deezer that I used to try but sometimes couldn't find my music.

The lossless in Apple music is 100% legit, and it comes with no additional cost and very cheap. I know some people will say you might not be able to tell the difference compared to sth like Tidal or Spotify, but I much rather know the fact that I listen to authentic lossless than unauthentic ones from Tidal, or lossy from Spotify while I'm paying even less, so the value for purchase is just much higher with Apple music, even if I might not be able to tell the difference myself.

Not to mention, I found Apple music to be quite easily registered using VPN to get even much less price, as compared to Spotify that can notice the change in location. I don't know if this still holds true but if it does, you can get Apple music lossless for dirt cheap, which I think is an absolute no brainer compared to everything else.

Also, I don't know how this is possible, but sometimes I even find some of my music on Apple Music to have exclusively higher mastered versions than everywhere else, having songs and albums entirely in Hi-Res quality while others like Qobuz only have standard lossless, this probably doesn't matter much but it's still a nice bonus for me, showing that Apple is very serious about their lossless catalog.

It's also worth noting that I only use these services for Music, not for something else like podcasts on Spotify, which to be frank I don't give a damn about. And even though back then I used to believe that the UI on AM is worse than Spotify, that's not really the case anymore and I actually found it looks quite nice and very modern. On Windows I use Cider which looks fine, and you can also try the official Apple Music Preview if you can.

Overall I believe Apple Music is currently hands down the best service for sound quality, catalog, and value, probably even UI, and I will keep using it even though I use Android and Windows, it's simply too good.