It’s always been pretty terrible.
When I was in college, Apple gave it to students for free (or at a steep discount, maybe $2.99/mo?). The 2015 client was god awful but I honestly couldn’t complain since it was just a few bucks.
But once I graduated and the university locked me out of the .edu account. I didn’t feel it was worth keeping anymore and dropped them for Spotify or Pandora.
I really should go back to Pandora. It fits my listening style of picking a genre or era and just letting things play. Spotify artist radio works ok but I really enjoyed Pandora’s algo more.
My wife loves to build Spotify playlists though and I can’t justify paying for both.