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Apple in Talks for On-Demand Streaming Music Service, Considering Android iTunes App

elgrecomac said:
Why? iTunes (during the PC era) was written for the PC platform to increase market share (since 90% of the world's computers ran Windows). All this was done with Jobs at the helm of Apple.

Now Android-based devices in all their flavors have a much larger share (and growing) of the post-PC environment than Apple so it makes perfect sense to open the iTunes ecosystem to Android devices to increase market share and increase revenue. I bet there are very few Apple shareholders that have a problem with android devices having access to iTunes.
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He had to be nagged constantly for ages to do iTunes PC. In the end after so much nagging he screamed "Fine! Do whatever you want I don't care" (or something similar) and stormed out of the office.

He never budged on iTunes for Android though.
 
Spotify = Great

This is very interesting to read; I had just signed up for Spotify and saw this video: Shawn Parker on Spotify and Apple:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoZYhK0365g
At the time, I had wondered if it would have impacted iTunes sales when I initially signed up. I haven't purchased a song from iTunes since I started using Spotify. It has nothing to do with not wanting to buy the songs, it's because I can listen to any song I want as many times as I want. It's like having an iPod. I'm curious to see how Apple responds to this.
 
I rarely open iTunes now since I have a Spotify subscription. The less use I have for iTunes the better.
 
Mockenrue said:
I have to wonder if Apple would lose more customers than gain if they launched iTunes on Android.

How Apple users have been tempted to try Android, but continued to buy Apple because they have a huge iTunes collection?

How many Android users who already have a music ecosystem would switch to iTunes on Android?

I'm guessing the first would outnumber the second... As someone who switched from iPhone to Android, I wouldn't have done it if I had a bunch of media in iTunes.
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This won't work for videos but Google play music manager will import all your iTunes music to Google play for you for free.

https://play.google.com/about/music/unlock/
 
An iTunes.....

Android app/service?....Seriously?.....:confused:.......:eek:

Giving to your competitor some to thrive does not sound too wise to me. And by no means an important part of your cash-flow making machinery.....:(


:):apple:
 
Solomani said:
Would you prefer Microsoft bought it?

The problem with small companies like Spotify is that they are easy targets for acquisition by the big fish companies. Someone's going to buy it eventually.

Even if Spotify might not be a good match for either Apple, Google or Microsoft…. one of them will likely be tempted to buy it outright.

Apple is the least likely candidate, why? Because Apple already has the technologies and a mature iTunes ecosystem that mimics much of what Spotify does. Microsoft, on the other hand, when was the last time anyone ever bothered to mention ANYTHING about a Microsoft music service? When was the last time MS had a music service ecosystem that even did half of what Apple iTunes can do?? Never. Hence…. Microsoft will actually find Spotify to be a useful acquisition.
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Not that i want Microsoft or Apple to buy Spotify, I might prefer that Microsoft bought it instead of Apple since it is more likely that Apple would disappear Spotify and integrate the technology into a future release of iTunes.

Regardless, my biggest complaint regarding iTunes has been its lack of a subscription service... Something Microsoft launched in 2006 with the Zune Pass.
 
I'm not sure how I feel about an Android iTunes App...

iTunes as it is gives considerable pull in bringing people over to the Apple ecosystem. If they were to release an app for Android, there would be less of a pull factor and Apple could lose hardware sales. :( On the other hand, Apple could potentially benefit from increased music sales... :D
 
Since I'm using Spotify with OS X, Linux and Android I'm not sure how useful a new steaming service would be to me without supporting all those platforms.
 
Nalmond92 said:
I do still like owning my content.

Though would be great if it was incorporated into iTunes Match. £21.99 for all my music in the cloud and ad less spotify experience with iTunes catalogue. Charge me £50 to access TV shows and movies
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Same here. I prefer to own my content. I should also be able to skip songs on iTunes Radio that I already purchased without it counting towards my skip count. Or if I want to replay the song again, I should be allowed to.

Also, for every song purchased in iTunes Radio, it should reset your song skip count back to 0. Sometimes I listen to iTunes Radio to learn about new songs. It actually limits the number of songs I buy because of this skip limit. This benefits Apple, the artist, and myself!
 
G4DP said:
If you buy that guff I have a bridge I need to sell. If it didn't make them anything it would never have happened. As for being used to sell Apple hardware that's always been a load of crock as well.
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Horace Dediu estimates a 1% profit margin on Apple's music sales:

http://www.asymco.com/2013/03/22/so-long-break-even/

(Note that the title of the post stems from his analysis of software margins, which Apple now groups with other types of content.)

G4DP said:
People don't look at the iTunes store and think this is great and then go and buy an iPod etc, you get the device then use the store.
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I did, and I doubt I'm the only one. "You mean I don't have to buy the whole album anymore, I can just pay $0.99 per song, and then play it off an iPod? And I don't have to drive to Wherehouse Music? That's great!"

Now the equation is somewhat different because digital music stores are well-established. The argument now is, "I already have a hundred songs in iTunes, I might as well keep buying iPods and iPhones." It doesn't matter that iTunes music is now DRM-free and uses a standard format. Normal people don't want to figure out how to sync their iTunes-purchased music with an Android or Windows Phone device.
 
screensaver400 said:
Now the equation is somewhat different because digital music stores are well-established. The argument now is, "I already have a hundred songs in iTunes, I might as well keep buying iPods and iPhones." It doesn't matter that iTunes music is now DRM-free and uses a standard format. Normal people don't want to figure out how to sync their iTunes-purchased music with an Android or Windows Phone device.
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I guess I must be the minority then, as I was using iTunes long before I even thought about buying an iPod. Hell I was using iTunes before there was an iPod.

I only finally considered one when my MP3 CD Personal CD player finally died.
 
G4DP said:
I guess I must be the minority then, as I was using iTunes long before I even thought about buying an iPod. Hell I was using iTunes before there was an iPod.

I only finally considered one when my MP3 CD Personal CD player finally died.
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That supports my point then, doesn't it? You used iTunes, and when it came time to buy a replacement music player, you went with an iPod.

If your music was bought from AmazonMP3, you probably would have been less-inclined to buy an iPod. You might still have gone with an iPod, of course, but it was somewhat more likely that you'd consider a non-Apple device.
 
elgrecomac said:
The video content providers are not in love with Apple because they don't want to loose control of their content as the recording industry did with theirs.
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they already have really. videos can be downloaded from a variety of sites for little to near zero just like they can be with music. content can easily be screen captured from netflix or other streaming sites just the same too. they need to face it, control is already lost.
 
One of the worst parts of being an Apple fan is iTunes. Now Android users will have access to the app to be able to really make fun of us :). Maybe some will suffer with us....until they decide to uninstall it.
 
screensaver400 said:
Apple released iTunes for Windows to sell iPods to Windows users. The iTunes Store has never been a meaningful business on its own---it's always existed to sell Apple hardware.

I doubt Apple is seriously considering iTunes for Android, because it would completely undermine the whole point of iTunes. More likely is that a music executive proposed the idea in negotiations, and Apple agreed to consider it. If Apple does release iTunes for Android, it will signal a major strategy shift: away from hardware, and toward services.
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^^^ THIS.

iTunes on Android not happening.
 
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