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As a former Google Play Music user and lover, it was the recommendations. I haven't found another service that shows me even a significant fraction of the music I like that Google did. I've switched to Spotify but it constantly recommends songs I've already heard or don't like and the shuffle feature gives me the same ~50 songs from a large playlist. It's something I've accepted but I miss the Google recommendations deeply.
Have you tried Pandora? I always thought Pandora was better at recommending music than GPM was, but it was close.
I'm the opposite, I never really used GPM's recommendations because I knew what I liked and had tons of ripped CDs in my collection. After we all ditched MP3s and went to streaming I still stuck with what I knew. I only switched to Spotify about 2 years ago and it has opened me up to a bunch of smaller artists in Europe (I'm in the US) that I would have never found on my own. One of them (Green Lads) I've listened to for 2500 hours this past year thanks to their recommendations.