If true it means going back to CDs for me and cancelling Apple Music at the same time.
You can get a much cheaper DVD drive from Amazon. The same place you'll be getting you music from!Hahahahaha yes, that will change my mind about streaming music. That will persuade me to give Apple any more money, ever. Better get my superdrive while I still can.
This would be a big mistake I think.
I have no plans to ever subscribe to Apple Music or any subscription service, so if they shut down paid iTunes downloads, they'll be losing money from me every month, and my money would be shifted to other companies to buy my music, like Amazon or the physical CDs.
Don't do it, Apple.
This is because streaming is cheaper for Apple. Less overhead, they don't have to store the product. How can we get people to spend more...kill off iTunes now people can just use us to stream. BTW we are streaming high bit rate audio now, something you can hear through the new lighting port, and btw your Pandora and Spotify won't be able to use our tech, they won't have access to the libs for high def audio.
**** this ****.
How about... I BUY MY MUSIC, AND I OWN IT FOREVER, OKAY? STREAMING IS WORTHLESS TO ME! IF I WANTED TO STREAM, I'D JUST GO TO YOUTUBE AND PLAY WHATEVER I WANT!
At that point, iPod will officially be dead.
Personally, if I really like the band or song, I buy it because of the convenience. If purchases were removed, back to torrents and YouTube downloads it is. I'm not jumping through hoops to buy music from another platform.People would download from Amazon and move the music into iTunes.
I like to OWN my music.
..and hello piracy.
If I cant buy my own music, I'll probably then just pirate it.
This is a ridiculously bad move. Seriously who comes up with the b.s? I mean 'innovation'?