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Apple Completes Shazam Acquisition, App Will Soon Become Ad-Free

I’d assume like with Workflow, it’ll be updated to a “new” app? I would rather they retire the 3rd party app and just integrate it with the system (under Music settings). The Shazam app on Mac has the ability to just “always listen” and that’d be great on iOS so you don’t have to actually “Shazam” the song
 
macduke said:
How do I know I have become old? I don't use Shazam any more. Why do I think that means I've become old? Because I don't really care about new music and finding out more about it. Add that to the list of things that change in your 30s. I'll likely listen to the same garbage the rest of my life now, except for maybe newer electronic music on the Monstercat podcast which I listen to when I need to zone out while programming or whatever.
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Programming? You are old. Do you still make your own clothes and start fires with sticks? Siri has shortcuts now. ;)
 
GrumpyMom said:
Oh my goodness! I’m old enough to be your mom! But because you are so delightfully curmudgeonly sometimes, I’ve always thought of you as someone my age. Though I do recall now you telling us before about being at the university and feeling old amongst the students.

I’m sort of the opposite, the kids keep me young and in the loop. I was actually friends with my daughter’s best friend before they became friends. I was the other girl’s chaperone on some school trips and we hit it off with our similar senses of humor. She thinks of me as sort of her aunt now and sends me funny video clips of the craziest non mainstream music I’ve ever heard. She likes to blast her music on the car ride home from school and I threaten her with the most awful 80’s music I can find. She’s into K-Pop groups in a big way.

But I do like being “old”. I’m not into age defying or trying to dress or act like a teenager or hang out with these girls as if I were one of them. That would be really awkward and creepy. I enjoy all these youthful current things as a good mother/aunt figure should. Which is harder to explain than I thought it would be.
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Hah, that's pretty funny, especially since people say I look a lot younger and I'm often accused of being a student myself.
 
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macduke said:
How do I know I have become old? I don't use Shazam any more. Why do I think that means I've become old? Because I don't really care about new music and finding out more about it. Add that to the list of things that change in your 30s. I'll likely listen to the same garbage the rest of my life now, except for maybe newer electronic music on the Monstercat podcast which I listen to when I need to zone out while programming or whatever.
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That's too bad. I'm well past 30, and still find new music all the time. I just used Shazam recently. At my local corner bar and heard a song that I wanted to identify and possibly purchase. Despite previous experiences, I ran the Shazam app, aaaand... it said No Result. Tried again, same response. One more time, also to no avail. Put away the phone and just asked the bartender.

But at least now I can do that with no ads.
 
Dwalls90 said:
That does not guarantee the acquired service would become free. By your logic, Apple acquiring Beats Music should have made Apple Music a free service.
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What part of the service you paid for have you not received?

Sounds like you have received exactly what was paid for.
 
acgmph said:
It's family sharing, not friends sharing. Most families are OK with using one credit card for all their iTunes purchases.
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most families.. not mine.

i don't care what my brothers purchase on iTunes and don't need an email for it every time. also, i have a US account and a CA (since you jump to conclusions, i travel between both and need a US account for certain apps) and everytime i log out to go to my US account, all of my apple music gets deleted.. which sucks when traveling in another country and no wifi is around.

i jumped to spotify for these reason.
 
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Well... glad I never payed the premium. :) Still, that money I still lost since Apple removed my Nier: Automata soundtrack i had purchased with NO WARNING. No refund or anything. Never buying music from them again. Guess they want to encourage people to pirate, oh well. :^)
 
SkippyThorson said:
Very nice! Will be interesting to see how this shakes out in terms of integration.

All I can say, please don't bake it in to Siri, and don't remove its integration with Spotify! *

* at least I tried
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I don't know how to break this to you, but Siri has had Shazam integration since iOS8...
 
"Apple says the Shazam app will soon become ad-free for all users."

Now that is good news :D I didn't really feel like paying $4.49 to remove them. Hopefully Apple keeps their word.
 
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outskirtsofinfinity said:
I thought this happened months ago. I deleted the Shazam app, but Siri still answers my "Hey, Siri, what's playing?". I thought that was because Shazam was acquired and running under the hood. I guess this news will only mean that Siri will become even more skilled at answering that question! Love it.
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Siri has been able to do that for four years now!
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sundog925 said:
Does anyone really use the app anymore when it’s built into Siri ?! LOL.
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Yeah cos it's quicker to swipe left and press one button to Shazam than ask Siri.
 
macduke said:
How do I know I have become old? I don't use Shazam any more. Why do I think that means I've become old? Because I don't really care about new music and finding out more about it. Add that to the list of things that change in your 30s. I'll likely listen to the same garbage the rest of my life now, except for maybe newer electronic music on the Monstercat podcast which I listen to when I need to zone out while programming or whatever.
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Good grief that was a depressing post...
 
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It must be exciting to work for that team - they don't need to focus on monetization anymore, just delivering a good experience.
 
macduke said:
How do I know I have become old? I don't use Shazam any more. Why do I think that means I've become old? Because I don't really care about new music and finding out more about it. Add that to the list of things that change in your 30s. I'll likely listen to the same garbage the rest of my life now, except for maybe newer electronic music on the Monstercat podcast which I listen to when I need to zone out while programming or whatever.
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Most of the newer music I've found out about has been through my kids. Well, one kid-- the one with taste.
 
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