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How many hours a day do you listen to iTunes Radio?

  • Less then 1 hour

    Votes: 38 20.9%
  • 1-3 hours

    Votes: 14 7.7%
  • 3-6 hours

    Votes: 8 4.4%
  • 6-9 hours

    Votes: 2 1.1%
  • 9-12 hours

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • All Day

    Votes: 5 2.7%
  • Never

    Votes: 115 63.2%

  • Total voters
    182

iamMacPerson

macrumors 68040
Original poster
Jun 12, 2011
3,488
1,927
AZ/10.0.1.1
I'm genuinely curious. I noticed this week I use it a lot more then I ever thought. IMO, other then the design, its one of the best things Apple introduced in iOS 7.

So, how many hours a day?
 

dumastudetto

macrumors 603
Aug 28, 2013
5,017
7,140
Los Angeles, USA
I'm finding myself listening all day. I agree iTunes Radio is an incredible addition to the overall iOS experience. It's the best overall music service. I love it.
 

madsci954

macrumors 68030
Oct 14, 2011
2,725
658
Ohio
Pandora all day for me. iTunes radio is terrible imo

Have you used it in the last couple of weeks? People are saying that Apple improves the algorithm and I want to say they might be right. The other day was the first time really using it since updating to 7.1, and I didn't get a single repeat over a 6 hour period. Pre-7.1, I would get repeats within the first hour.
 

white4s

macrumors 68000
Nov 15, 2011
1,612
331
New Jersey
Have you used it in the last couple of weeks? People are saying that Apple improves the algorithm and I want to say they might be right. The other day was the first time really using it since updating to 7.1, and I didn't get a single repeat over a 6 hour period. Pre-7.1, I would get repeats within the first hour.

nope, used it once when it first came out & haven't looked back since. I'll try it out again though if that's the case
 

Frankied22

macrumors 68000
Nov 24, 2010
1,779
583
I don't listen to it everyday but when I do it's usually for a couple hours. I am the type of person who usually knows exactly what they want to listen to, so I don
't use radio stations much. What I really want is a full blown subscription service from Apple, like Spotify, Rdio, or Google All Access. I currently get All Access from Google for $7.99 a month but I would love to see Apple enter this space and what it'd look like.
 

Jesla

macrumors 6502a
Jan 7, 2013
541
170
Tennessee USA
After using Pandora for years I doubt I'll renew this year. I listen to iTunes
Radio all day long. Even bought an iPod 5th ten for the truck that uses my
iPhone to connect.....no muss no fuss...get in and go no wires no fumbling.
It just woks.....
 

Armen

macrumors 604
Apr 30, 2013
7,405
2,274
Los Angeles
iTunes catalog > Pandora and Spotify. I listen to a lot of international songs and the other guys don't have squat for titles.
 

shotts56

macrumors 6502
Sep 23, 2008
391
64
Scotland
Don't listen to it all, because Apple haven't got their finger out and brought it out in the UK yet.

Loving Spotify Radio though.
 

cynics

macrumors G4
Jan 8, 2012
11,959
2,154
I figured I'd try it out again today after reading this thread.

It's good however what quality is audio? It sounds good but it's being a huge data hog vs pandora. Can I adjust this?

Also, how do I get rid of the Ads? I can't stand them. Is there an option to pay so I don't have to listen to them?
 

madsci954

macrumors 68030
Oct 14, 2011
2,725
658
Ohio
I figured I'd try it out again today after reading this thread.

It's good however what quality is audio? It sounds good but it's being a huge data hog vs pandora. Can I adjust this?

Also, how do I get rid of the Ads? I can't stand them. Is there an option to pay so I don't have to listen to them?

iTunes music is 256 kbps quality, iTunes Radio is 192. I'm guessing there so if I'm wrong, someone feel free to correct me. Subscribing to iTunes Match removes all ads.
 

SomeGuyDude

macrumors 6502a
Mar 19, 2011
730
2
NEPA
I use Spotify. But man, if iTunes had an on-demand service LIKE Spotify? I'd leap on that, even if it cost more.
 

BvizioN

macrumors 603
Mar 16, 2012
5,701
4,819
Manchester, UK
So, how many hours a day?

Never!!
But I think we are missing 1 voting choice in this poll. Perhaps you assumed that everyone using iOS device have the iTunes radio. Not everyone does. I think you should have add a vote option I don't have it.

I never listen to it because I don't have it.
 
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