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Apple Announces 'Apple Music' With 'Beats 1' Live Radio Station, Launches June 30 for $9.99/Month
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Have you listened to radio lately? It's the same 20 songs in rotation every 2 hours with a few random songs thrown in to break it up. There's only 2-3 stations I would even listen to where I live and nothing but talking in the morning when all I want is to listen to music.
No thanks. Terrestrial radio is dead.
I just tweeted Beats Help asking about my iTunes Match subscription.
Probably quite a few - with Spotify you can save up to 3333 different tracks offline at once.
It's not radio, aren't you paying attention? It's on demand streaming + radio, learn to read!
As a non-music buyer and one who only listens to the radio, I am bit perplexed by so many people saying this is too expensive. For $10 a month you have thousands of songs available to you ... in the old days, it was $16.99+ just to buy a CD with maybe 10 songs. The artists and their companies, agents, studios, etc. do have to get paid and make some money, correct? I'm not sure how this even works out to be a good deal for the artists but I guess it does. To those who are more informed, would be grateful for more info or explanation on this...
Wow. So $25 a year for iTunes Match ON TOP OF the $9.99/month. Go screw yourself Apple.
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) 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...
Reading the first few pages of this thread is painful. Are you people serious with these dumbass questions?
No. Please read.
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Unless I'm mistaken, Music is a superset of Match. You don't need both, *unless you want ad-free Radio as well.
So basically a separate service how nice leave the iTunes Match customers hanging not going to sign up to Apple Music can get my music still for free if I wanted to.
really amazing
1 year in the process
3 billion for beats ( any kickbacks on an account in switzerland maybe ? )
and an average service that already exists in many brands
they will succeed anyways considering their brand and consumer base
they just had to sign up major labels , so why this 3 billion ?
if i were Bill Hackman i would really inquire into this
where is the 3 billion dollar valu for beats acquisition to share holders ?
1 year in the process
3 billion for beats ( any kickbacks on an account in switzerland maybe ? )
and an average service that already exists in many brands
they will succeed anyways considering their brand and consumer base
they just had to sign up major labels , so why this 3 billion ?
if i were Bill Hackman i would really inquire into this
where is the 3 billion dollar valu for beats acquisition to share holders ?
Just because you have "millions of songs available to you" doesn't make it cheap, as you can't possible listen to all those songs. If you calculate this on a how many listens per month cost, you'd see $9.99 is quite expensive. The streaming business is a ripoff, and that's why the industry seems to be pushing it so hard (why are there 8-9 streaming services when there were only 3-4 download only music stores)?
But then... Is it independant as Apple states here?
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The following is from Apple Music FAQ. Could some one please explain how "iTunes Match is complimentary to Apple Music"? To me, it seems Apple Music subscription would make iTunes Match subscription redundant.
How does Apple Music know what songs are in my personal library?
With an Apple Music membership, your entire library lives in iCloud. We compare every track in your collection to the Apple Music library to see if we have a copy. If we do, you can automatically listen to it straight from the cloud. If you have music that’s not in our catalog, we upload those songs from iTunes on your Mac or PC. It’s all in iCloud, so it won’t take up any space on your devices.
Does Apple Music work with iTunes Match?
Yes. Apple Music and iTunes Match are independent but complementary.
How does Apple Music know what songs are in my personal library?
With an Apple Music membership, your entire library lives in iCloud. We compare every track in your collection to the Apple Music library to see if we have a copy. If we do, you can automatically listen to it straight from the cloud. If you have music that’s not in our catalog, we upload those songs from iTunes on your Mac or PC. It’s all in iCloud, so it won’t take up any space on your devices.
Does Apple Music work with iTunes Match?
Yes. Apple Music and iTunes Match are independent but complementary.
HD audio maybe ?
no forget it
just stick to your lousy compression
no forget it
just stick to your lousy compression
Why do you need both? The same songs would be offered to you from the Apple Library.