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Apple Ceases Free iTunes Radio Streaming Worldwide
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It's really annoying that Apple Music screen appears every time I open my Music App. Is there a way of removing it so I don't have to keep pressing the Not Now option every time? I tired Apple Music for a few months and thought it was too confusing with a really bad UI so I've no desire to go back to it when there are better options available.
Who cares really? I still buy CDs because at least I own a copy that way.
Same here, they are often the same price or cheaper than iTunes and you usually get an instant MP3 download if you buy from Amazon.
johnnyturbouk
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I gave up going on dates at the library a decade ago
The point i was making was that the cost of apple music and itunes match is not warranted for me and i have used the savings to contribute towards a premium Netflix account.
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Wow never knew this, and i have never purchased mp3s from amazon, I confess, i have never really explored past iTunes for purchasing my music. Some of my music elitists friends claim that on high-end systems, CDs remain superior to their younger digital successors, something i often challenged.
Wish they offered instant downloads for their Blu-rays, as I've recently gone back to buying Blu-rays, having stop using them over 5/6 years ago. I got a bargain panasonic Bluray player that upscales beautifully to 4k, and they look fantastic on my LG TV [4k OLED]. Even native 4k on amazon does not look like such a drastic improvement. I compared amazing spiderman 2 - 4k on amazon vs my BluRay copy [came free with the player]. I heard similar anecdotal assertions from A/V puritans [ahem, purists], and i saw for myself the certain benefits of blurays.
Having given up on physical media some time back, i feel many, like myself, are making a u-turn on our previous assertions.
If you are jailbroken, you can install Aria2 and hide any tab in the music app including iTunes Radio and the For You tabs.
Judging from the comments, many people.
This is a really great idea, especially if you do not mind getting getting used CDs. I find some really good deals on amazon and eBay.
I guess there is a risk of getting a scratched disk. Another issue might be if you only want one song from the album, in that case it would be better to use iTunes.
Perhaps if you read through the previous 14 pages in this thread, you'll figure it out.
I do the same. Started years ago.
And, not only do you get a hard copy you own on its own storage media, and the auto rip mp3s, you get free storage of all your auto ripped mp3s that can be streamed from Amazon's music app or a browser.
How everyone was duped into thinking going all digi-download with no CD, tied to a particular platform, for roughly the same price & often more... always baffled me.
Have you noticed that some of the CDs on Amazon that are available with AutoRip are actually cheaper than just buying the MP3 download?
Have you noticed that some of the CDs on Amazon that are available with AutoRip are actually cheaper than just buying the MP3 download?
I buy all my music on CD as well and sometimes from Amazon when stuff is cheap (I'm in Australia so recently the exchange rate + shipping has killed Amazon for me). Usually works out cheaper for me, I get a nice case, its platform independent, I can play it literally anywhere with minimal fuss and I can play CDs in the car (Not allowed to use many functions of a phone as a provisional driver in Australia).
Have you noticed that some of the CDs on Amazon that are available with AutoRip are actually cheaper than just buying the MP3 download?
I know, it's bizarre. I've also noticed that fewer seem to be coming with auto rip over the last year. Or, they only include the auto rip after the cd has been out awhile.
When they do that, I just listen for free on Spotify, then snag the cd w/auto rip as soon as it's available.
Honest question, at what point do you just jump ship and get a Nexus or other Android phone? I ask myself this regularly. Aside from trusting my privacy more with Apple, I generally like Google services more.
For now, I subscribe toMusic family plan and use it quite often on my SONOS setup. This change won't affect me obviously, but I can see why people would be annoyed by making these stations unavailable for free, especially if people would regularly turn around and purchase songs they heard on these no longer free stations.
I've already jumped ship and have gone back to using my Nexus 4. The next computer I buy will probably be a Surface Pro. I'm deeply invested in the Apple ecosystem but I loath the direction Apple is headed under John Sculley ... errrr .. Tim Cook.
I am too deeply invested in Apple's ecosystem. It will take a lot more for me to jump ship, but for the first time since the mid 90's, and after paying many thousands of dollars worth Apple's products, I am starting to look elsewhere for future electronics.
the free music business model works its called radio and has been around for a while so i'm sure its possible
My situation is very similar to yours. I too have been using Apple products since the mid-1990s, and for years have been reluctant to look elsewhere. However, lately I've been tempted. The real test will come in about a month, when (or if) Apple releases a smaller iPhone. I'm not interested in the larger phones Apple is currently selling, but I also don't want an "iPhone 5se" (or whatever) that is built on last year's technology. If that happens, the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact will become my new phone. And that will make the decision to drop iTunes Match in favor of Google or Amazon music services all that easier as well.
This sneaky move by Apple against iTunes Match customers has really turned me off.
Sneaky? Kind of harsh for me. Just because its called iTunes Radio, its part of the AM service and that's why its no longer available to Match subscribers. But I do agree, Apple should have given some notice and maybe allowed a 30-days period before the cutoff for Match.
Sneaky may not be the best word to describe Apple's actions, but with the way it went down, I wouldn't consider using sneaky to be too harsh.
This doesn't make sense to me. Maybe I am reading it wrong, but why is the name iTunes Radio, and it being apart of AM service a reason for the discontinuation of iTunes Radio for paid Match subscribers?
This is true.
I know it is not the same thing, but I think about how Apple ended the MobileMe four years ago, and compare it to this and it is like two different companies.
I too have invested many thousand of dollars into Apple products, but lately I've started using my Nexus 4 rather than my iPhone, and I must say I'm much more satisfied with the Nexus. When it's time to replace my MBA the Surface Pro is definitely in the running.
