And by "anybody" you mean the roughly 5% of the world's population that happens to live in the USA.
The rest of us 95% will need some other options.
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Microsoft Launches 'Xbox Music' for iPhone
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And by "anybody" you mean the roughly 5% of the world's population that happens to live in the USA.
The rest of us 95% will need some other options.
Oh yeah, me either. I have another month of free Rdio right now, but otherwise, I prefer to buy my music.
I think I read in a different article that on an Xbox 360/One we can access free artist-based radio with ads (like Pandorda) for ten hours a month with an Xbox Live subscription. However, that doesn't include the ability to listen to "on-demand" music (like Spotify). That does require the subscription.
Also, we can't get the free radio on iOS.
The thing is, the services in iTunes Radio ($25 per year) aren't really comparable to Xbox Music ($10 per month). They're just different, just like Pandora (more radio-based with limited control over content) vs Spotify (on-demand content) can't be compared.
In the same sense, Pandora at $39 per year and Spotify at $10 per month are priced similarly to this strategy.
In short, don't expect Xbox Music to adjust price, as they are already competitively priced with Spotify and company.
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LMAO! Please explain this random comment!
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I came into this thread/story thinking cool, MS adding more apps to iOS then I read your post and got pissed because you are right! I pay for XBOX Live and now they want you to pay extra for this? Crazy!
And by "anybody" you mean the roughly 5% of the world's population that happens to live in the USA.
The rest of us 95% will need some other options.
It's not going to stay US-only. I suspect we'll hear more about international availability later today.
The fact that iTunes Match customers don't have to listen to ads makes me think that the Match deals include some terms about ITR (but it could be the other way around - Apple could have signed new ITR deals that include terms about Match).
Apple is pretty good about international availability. I can't think of many online stores that are available in as many countries as iTunes.
Check out the availability of music on Google Play, for instance. It's basically the US + Australia + Western Europe. Amazon MP3 is available in even fewer countries. Nobody comes close to iTunes when it comes to purchasing songs (there's a map at the bottom the table). For example, neither Google or Amazon serve South America, but they've got a full iTunes experience (including Match).
If you're talking about streaming, Spotify isn't much more widely available than Match. Pandora is only available in the US, Australia and NZ.
iTunes Radio will leave the US quickly. I'd imagine we'd see it in Europe at least by the end of the year.
Welcome to my world.
Anything outside the US gets a second class experience at best.
To my knowledge the UK still gets more stuff than for example Germany.
You should be glad to not stay in Germany if we're talking about countries where you'd expect better and more care by US companies.
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I rather pay $1.00 per 100 songs or something with maybe 1 or 2 ads per hour. This way if one month I'm not listening to music I'm not charged.