Apple Announces 'Apple Music' With 'Beats 1' Live Radio Station, Launches June 30 for $9.99/Month

[cmChimera]

Could I set up family sharing JUST for Apple Music? Or is it all or nothing?

 

[ninephive]

What about music already purchased?

This is my question.

Is there any advantage to having bought tons of music throughout the years? Maybe offline playing if they don't offer that in the streaming service?

Is there any advantage to having iTunes Match? Maybe to still upload content that isn't available in the Store (local bands, demos, etc.)?

 

[aperry]

People seem to be thinking that this subscription gives you access to the entire iTunes library. Where does it state that Apple Music contains all of iTunes?

With iTunes Radio, Apple Music, iTunes, iTunes Match, it's no wonder why today's presentation was such a mess. Their services are a mess.

 

[Menel]

That entire presentation on Apple Music left me with more questions than when I started!

1) Is the beats one station free or part of the payed subscription?

2) Why would I need to go to iTunes and purchase music if I am paying a monthly subscription to listen to the iTunes catalog?

3) Will the entire catelog be included or just part of it, (like spotify, some tracks/artists aren't included)?

4) Why is there no ad supported, free plan like Spotify?

5) Why only US pricing? Is it "available in over 100 countries" or not?

It was very unclear...

1. See apple.com
2. You dont
3. See apple.com
4. There is, see apple.com
5. I dunno, might be on apple.com though

 

[iDuel]

I'm really excited to start the 90 free trial later this month. The mystery to me is whether or not offline playback will be possible with Apple Music. Big disappointment if not...

Furthermore, I'm a little disappointed in the lack of student pricing. I would have thought that Apple would have wanted to compete at all price points to gain users.

 

[Kryststollen]

Was Jimmy on drugs? Seemed kinda high

 

[Mikkis]

So is the Apple Music Library just any music that's sold on iTunes or is it limited?

Yes this is a good question. There is Apple iTunes library but all they talked about was Apple music library. Are they the same thing with the exact same content?

 

[Razeus]

Further proof that iTunes Match is just a waste of time.

 

[wovel]

Why do you need both? The same songs would be offered to you from the Apple Library.

Match will still let you stream uploaded songs that are not in the iTunes library. Many people have special recordings, rips from old records and cds, and bootlegs that they can stream from iTunes Match.

 

[ohio.emt]

Wow. So $25 a year for iTunes Match ON TOP OF the $9.99/month. Go screw yourself Apple.

You don't need both. If you only want your music stay with match.

 

[Razeus]

Being able to stream The Beatles and Tool is going to be epic for people that don't already own them.

 

[jhlane27]

You guys with all the same ridiculous questions just need to read their FAQ. Seriously, it's not hard.

http://www.apple.com/music/membership/

 

[hlfway2anywhere]

This is my question.

Is there any advantage to having bought tons of music throughout the years? Maybe offline playing if they don't offer that in the streaming service?

Is there any advantage to having iTunes Match? Maybe to still upload content that isn't available in the Store (local bands, demos, etc.)?

This is all answered on Apple's website.

 

[SDAVE]

any info on datarate? or even support for Apple Lossless? or HD?

I know Lossless and HDtracks are a very small minority, but Apple should support this imo. How hard is it?

 

[ohio.emt]

Reading the first few pages of this thread is painful. Are you people serious with these dumbass questions?

I don't know how this is so hard to understand for people. The only thing you didn't know from the keynote was if you could store songs for offline use.

 

[neoelectronaut]

I love the idea of services like this, Spotify, and others, but when you only have 3GB of data to use every month, I'd rather not chew that up with a streaming media service.

 

[Razeus]

But will the Android app have Material Design?????????????

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Is there any advantage to having bought tons of music throughout the years? Maybe offline playing if they don't offer that in the streaming service?

Is there any advantage to owning anything rather than renting it? Renting is a forever drain on your wallet such that when you stop paying you own NOTHING. Owning is a one-time drain and you own it up to forever... or you can loan or sell it to someone else... and you can will it to someone else when you die. Owned music may be higher quality, cannot slip in an ad model between songs, etc. Owned music will play as long as you have battery; streamed will need an internet connection or it will eventually run out of stuff to play.

 

[Razorhog]

I'll give the 3 month trial a run and see if it is worth dropping Google Play subscription. I mainly listen to Metal and Google Play had the best metal selection. I wonder if the iTunes catalog is bigger than google's? Sonos integration will be very important too.

 

[applehappy]

Further proof that iTunes Match is just a waste of time.

It is now

Apple messed up not acknowledging iTunes Match subscribers and applying that $$ toward apple music, or folding match into music....anything that would provide something cohesive. Seems not thought out AT ALL

 

[jon9091]

"Apple Music and iTunes Match are independent but complementary."

now on the Apple website...

Not even sure what they mean by this?

I wonder if it will have the same 25k song limit from your library?

 

[natepdx92]

Just checked and Tool is not in iTunes. But AC/DC is.
It's still the biggest library anyway. Likely goodbye, Spotify!

Yeah. But then you can get the Tool albums and add them to your iTunes li

This is my question.

Is there any advantage to having bought tons of music throughout the years? Maybe offline playing if they don't offer that in the streaming service?

Is there any advantage to having iTunes Match? Maybe to still upload content that isn't available in the Store (local bands, demos, etc.)?

Apple Music offers offline steaming and storing of every song in iTunes

 

[MacintoshMan]

Why do you need both? The same songs would be offered to you from the Apple Library.

Because a lot of songs that i've gotten off of soundcloud, or other music outlets, are not in the iTunes store. I tried to swith to Spotify but this was such a huge problem i gave up. So much music just is missing.

 

[zaneliu]

Apple needs an easier method for me to transfer my huge ass spotify playlist set up to  music

 

[Nicksd84]

Wow that was a horrible presentation, I had no idea what was being presented. Reading about it though, seems like it's a spotify clone? I think I could jump from spotify to this. I've never liked spotify's UI.