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Apple in Talks for On-Demand Streaming Music Service, Considering Android iTunes App
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Fair enough. Not sure Apple is going to be any cheaper than the ones that exist. I signed up for Google Music for 7.99 - it's been great if only because not only do I have streaming music - but I uploaded my collection to the cloud. Best of both worlds.
That's called getting old.
I've built a large enough collection of music to keep me happy until I die.
And as long as my favorite bands keep putting out music, even better:
Soundgarden (great new album), Tool, anything from Tom Morello, NiN, Dream Theater, Rush, Journey, Iron Maiden, Incubus, Interpol, RHCP, Alice in Chains, Metallica (without Bob Rock), Rollins Band, Helmet, Bush, Foo Fighters, Green Day, System of a Down, King's X, Nirvana, Pearl Jam (Ten), the Police, STP, Van Halen, the White Stripes, Matisyahu, Guns&Roses, Dave Mathews Band...each with huge catalogs, and that's just the American, english-speaking bands.
Ah, the 90s. All I need.
+1 This! I don't think that Apple is considering this either. iTunes on Windows made sense, this does not.
I think Apple would consider anything that would increase its revenue while also denting Google's ecosystem.
About damn time iTunes Radio is terrible and very repetitive and it better be part of iTunes Match, also Apple needs streaming service for Movies and TV Shows like Netflix or Amazon Prime I am sure they can get better movies or TV Shows.
If Apple fully makes an iTunes app for android, that includes iTunes radio, Your purchased music, Purchased movies, purchased TV shows..etc on your android device, Then I will be 100% behind them and Happy. Google has released separately and individually google music, google Movies..etc. I would love to watch all my movies and TV shows purchased from iTunes on my Galaxy Note III in Full HD without having to convert on my mac and sync later.
We're talking about music here, which has no DRM if purchased on the iTunes Store. Why not just use the "huge iTunes collection" with the Android app of your choice?
That's not my experience at all. The only time I listen to any top 40 is when my daughter is in the car (Radio Disney type stuff). All other times I listen to college/underground/indie and I listen to it on iTunes Radio.
I hope this rumor is true and the price of the subscription is in line with what's currently out there. If so, I'm in.
"iOS SUCKS, APPLE SUCKS, iOS USERS SUCK...
OMG, ITUNES FOR ANDROID?! YESSS!!!!!"
Excuse me while I go laugh.
Your mistake is assuming it's all the exact same people making those comments and then turning around. You're also insinuating disliking an OS as a whole means you have to dislike each and every aspect.
So unless you can find examples here of specific people saying "The iTunes Music store sucks!" and then posting "Yay iTunes for Android"?
But Apple wants to kill Android, they make NOTHING for Android and that situation will never change because of Steve's legacy.
There are apps to port and play your iTunes library on Android devices. I just ported about 18gb of music off iTunes onto a Galaxy S4. Have not followed up with the user to see if they were able to play the music or not.
Would you prefer Microsoft bought it?
The problem with small companies like Spotify is that they are easy targets for acquisition by the big fish companies. Someone's going to buy it eventually.
Even if Spotify might not be a good match for either Apple, Google or Microsoft . one of them will likely be tempted to buy it outright.
Apple is the least likely candidate, why? Because Apple already has the technologies and a mature iTunes ecosystem that mimics much of what Spotify does. Microsoft, on the other hand, when was the last time anyone ever bothered to mention ANYTHING about a Microsoft music service? When was the last time MS had a music service ecosystem that even did half of what Apple iTunes can do?? Never. Hence . Microsoft will actually find Spotify to be a useful acquisition.
But how does it sell more iDevices? I saw this story on The Verge and several people said if Apple did this they could finally go Android. I doubt that's what Apple wants. That's why I can't see iMessage or FaceTime going cross platform I either.
They need more deals. I buy most if not all my music off Google Play because the pricing is much better.
But the difference is that iTunes is monetized directly via direct sales of music, videos, and services (ads, streaming, etc). So when they cross-platform iTunes, it does generate additional revenues BEYOND those who own only Apple hardware. And don't just limit the thought to only additional Apple revenue, also be mindful that artists will generate extra sales, for example the many great exclusive albums and videos (examples like Beyonce's iTunes exclusives to the SXSW vids) that are "iTunes only" can now be accessed through an Android device. If I were an indie artist, I would certainly be grateful to Apple for doing this, as it means extra sales/revenue/royalties for my music.
FaceTime is not monetized directly. Apple does not "charge-per-call" for users to use the feature. Rather, its main selling point is that it is a very useful feature included with the purchase of an Apple device. In other words, it's one of those things that help sell the Apple device. But then you knew this already.
Sure, they *might* lose a little potential hardware sales if they cross-platform iTunes, but I doubt the impact would be huge. I'm of the opinion that in some instances, and QuickTime technology is a good early example, Apple really needs to "open up" some of its software so that they would be embraced as universal gold standards used throughout the tech world.
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I would prefer they also release iTunes for Chrome as I'd love to use a Chromebook as my main computer but the only thing stopping me is the lack of iTunes.
Was the Zune ever available outside of the US? Apparently Xbox Music is now available in a couple of countries were Xbox is, but streaming is not, yet.
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