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Amazon Reportedly Preparing to Launch New Music Streaming Service

im_to_hyper said:
Wait. Am I reading this right?

  • Prime with shipping and video services = $99 per year.
  • Video only = $8.99/month x 12 months = $107.88/year?!
Which is the better deal here after all??
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Yes. The prime with shipping is a one off yearly fee. I think people are put off by paying that all at once though so they now brought in the monthly plan.
 
im_to_hyper said:
Wait. Am I reading this right?

  • Prime with shipping and video services = $99 per year.
  • Video only = $8.99/month x 12 months = $107.88/year?!
Which is the better deal here after all??
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This could just be a typical "buy more, get more" approach. Some sort of discount.
 
MacRumors said:
Reuters suggests Amazon's music strategy will be two-pronged, with basic streaming for Prime users and a more robust alternative for an extra fee.
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I'm not liking this part at all. If I'm a "Prime" member, why should I have to pay an extra fee for a "more robust alternative"? I'm a Spotify Premium user right now and depending on how Amazon deploys this, based on this article, I doubt I'd convert over.

I have the Amazon Music app and with my Prime account I tried to duplicate some playlists from Spotify to Amazon and couldn't do it because many songs I had to buy from Amazon - not included with Prime. So it was a no go for that and I remain a Spotify user.
 
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im_to_hyper said:
Wait. Am I reading this right?

  • Prime with shipping and video services = $99 per year.
  • Video only = $8.99/month x 12 months = $107.88/year?!
Which is the better deal here after all??
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If you only have time to watch the tube during a couple of months of the year, the latter.
 
Rogifan said:
They're going to have the same songs that Apple Music and Spotify have. I highly doubt the quality of their tracks are going to be better than either of those services. Outside of possible exclusives what competition is Amazon going to bring?
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Unsure if Amazon will follow Spotify's freemium model or not? However, and completely guessing here, have a feeling Amazon will try to incentivise consumers by tying Prime in with paid memberships or other perks such as robust cloud storage and possible digital content streaming such as video and movie?
 
Rogifan said:
They're going to have the same songs that Apple Music and Spotify have. I highly doubt the quality of their tracks are going to be better than either of those services. Outside of possible exclusives what competition is Amazon going to bring?
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I don't know, what does Apple Music bring over Spotify other than a good chance it will screw up your carefully curated iTunes Library. :D
 
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Not a fan of streaming since it uses data when not on wifi and it cost $ each month even if I don't download any music. Much rather just buy what I want and have it at all times.
 
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Oh come on now, another one?

Just get Spotify, or Apple Music if you're heavily integrated in Apple and want Siri support.
 
I buy and listen to vinyls for music I care about. This streaming stuff is fine for casual listening so I don't care who has what it does what.

#vinylforever
 
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MacRumors said:
Amazon recently debuted Amazon Prime Video as a standalone service, allowing users to subscribe for $8.99 a month without paying for the full $99 Amazon Prime bundle.
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Once again I must point out that this subscription fee will end up costing you MORE than the annual Amazon prime fee.
$8.99 * 12 = $107.88

EDIT: no, I didn't read all the way to the last page
 
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MacboyinIL said:
Not a fan of streaming since it uses data when not on wifi and it cost $ each month even if I don't download any music. Much rather just buy what I want and have it at all times.
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I used to think along the same lines but I soon realised that when spread out over a year I was spending more on purchasing music than I would have paying a subscription.

Data isn't an issue, even if I didn't have tons of bundled data, the ability to download from the cloud and store the albums locally over WiFi isn't any different from transferring from iTunes and storing locally.

So I've switched to Apple Music (used to use Spotify) it's cheaper and I've got access to far more music than I could ever want.
 
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So as a Amazon Prime member to get more from the music streaming I would have to pay separate amount of $9.99? How is this competition and for those say it is hurting the artists is bs blame that on MTV when they stopped playing muic videos.
 
OllyW said:
I don't know, what does Apple Music bring over Spotify other than a good chance it will screw up your carefully curated iTunes Library. :D
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Well I don't have a carefully curated iTunes library (and I'll bet most Music subscribers don't) but I agree that Music doesn't bring anything unique to the table and its one of the reasons I've been critical about the service.

d00d said:
A web player.
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Who doesn't have access to iTunes or Music app?
 
Rogifan said:
Who doesn't have access to iTunes or Music app?
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It takes very little imagination to understand that there are situations that describe this, but assuming this was a genuine question:
  1. You work at a company that doesn't allow employees to install software. Firing up the company approved web browser is a great solution.
  2. You're a student utilizing a lab computer. Again, this is a case of not being able to install, and even if you can, there's no guarantee that you'll have the same computer the next time you're at the lab.
Basically, anywhere that you are a guest is a great use case for a web player. Using a little imagination of my own and anticipating solutions that aren't solutions:
  1. Just use your phone! The problem is that wifi isn't actually ubiquitous and using a limited resource this way isn't wise. Also, phones are sometimes prohibited, particularly in some work environments (security sensitive labs for instance).
  2. Installing iTunes everywhere. The last time I tried installing iTunes on one of my computers, I ran into the problem of needing to authorize it. Time has since gone by, and maybe you don't need to authorize to use it anymore, but I do believe that was the case. The problem is the decade (and a half by now?) old limitation of 5 computers. It's not hard to reach that limit, particularly if allowed to install on work owned computers.
At any rate, including a web player is standard operating procedure for the rest of the industry (Spotify, Google, etc). I know Apple struggles with web services, but a web player is a good feature. I've been dealing with this limitation, but pretty soon I will give up and go to the competition, especially now that they all have similar family plan pricing.
 
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