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Amazon Music will it be a threat?
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markhort
macrumors 68000
Just noticed this myself. Just having a scan through. Noticed that there's some albums which aren't available on Apple Music.
Nice being "Free" for Prime members. Also haven't seen any greyed out or missing tracks as yet.
princessgleek
macrumors member
Oddly as Markhort said it does have some albums that applemusic doesn't have such as some Kate Bush albums and some soundtracks but it's missing a lot of big artists like Michael Jackson etc, I also think it doesn't get new albums until they've been out for a month or so
GlenK
macrumors 68000
Amazon music seems good to me. In fact I'm comparing the two during my AM trial period. I already get Amazon Music and Videos free with the Prime Membership plan. It is a great deal and save a ton of money.
Will decide sometime in Sept but it is close between the two! Their Video deal is awesome!!!!
Will decide sometime in Sept but it is close between the two! Their Video deal is awesome!!!!
Fuchal
macrumors 68030
flur
macrumors 68020
No, they've just updated the app. And I think it's been around for even longer than that - a few years, maybe longer (I know I've been able to stream purchases for at least that long, but I'm pretty sure prime music has been in there for that long also). They've just been building up their streaming catalog slowly, as a free service to tempt/keep prime members.
GlenK
macrumors 68000
Prime membership is $99 a year and well worth it. I tracked and saved my $99 in just 3 months on shipping charges and savings on their Prime pricing. The Video service is unreal and imo the Music is just gravy. They have a Music and Video app, and all are accessible on your computer.
flur
macrumors 68020
Both apps also work great on iOS.
IMO it's great service for those who use it. My only complaint is that I can't download prime video for offline (aka airplane) viewing. Their CS is excellent also.
bobr1952
macrumors 68020
I wouldn't expect too much from them unless they really bulk up their catalog. This service has been in the US for quite some time and I rarely use it since it doesn't have any new music. Maybe it will be different there, but not much of a threat to spotify or AM here in the US.
RossMak
macrumors 6502
flur
macrumors 68020
As their goal is ultimately to sell stuff, I doubt they're going to put any more effort into building their catalog. Right now if something isn't streaming, the user can buy it in one click, and it automatically adds to their library and smart playlists, and downloads to their computer (if they have that set up). I think their idea is to let you stream older stuff, but get you to buy the newer stuff.
It works for me since I use an ipod shuffle when I work out, so I need to buy stuff anyway. But yeah, it's terrible for music discovery.
Porco
macrumors 68040
As someone in the UK with Prime I'm very happy Amazon have added music streaming. I have no intention of giving Apple £10 a month for music streaming, but even if there aren't quite as many new albums on Amazon it's just added value for Prime, which pays for itself for me anyway, regardless of the video and music streaming. To me it's a no-brainer. "threat?" lol, for me there's not even a decision to make.
princessgleek
macrumors member
Have a feeling from a few artists who are missing from amazon music that they don't have a deal with Universal yet
Amazons music service has been around for AT LEAST a year now and hasn't made a dent. I think their point though was to just add another little something for their prime members... Not to actually be a huge contender. I remember trying it a year or so ago and remember their library being really really small in comparison to Spotify. No need to view them as a threat at all.
