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Apple Music Classical Promoted With TV Ad Following Launch
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That seems insane. Most of the time I'm going to listen to classical I'm using my Mac connected to the nice sound system. Now I have to mess around with my phone and AirPlay? Not a good look, Apple.
This was an issue with primephonic; I'm pretty sure they just reskinned primephonic.
Just happy that this might grow awareness & enjoyment of classical music. Good Luck Apple.
If it isn't revenant to you, then do not add it to your devices. Problem solved.
There’s literally an article right below this one where Apple explains why Classical is different. And from the posts on these forums, a lot of Classical fans don’t even seem to think Apple went far enough.
Can you elaborate?
As a classical music fan, I find it to be incredibly well organized and far more usable than any other music apps I have tried.
I like that Apple is doing this but I still kind of wonder what took them over a year and a half to release such a barebones app. They don’t seem to have improved the back-end, they didn’t release even an iPad or TV version. I never used Primephonic but I’m guessing it was at least as full featured as what Apple just released.
Just seems odd and more evidence that they are having trouble with their workforce.
Just seems odd and more evidence that they are having trouble with their workforce.
I love that someone put this much effort into the commercial. Then I see the app Apple released in the year 2023 that has no iPad view.
I had actually forgotten that running iPhone apps in a tiny centered window (or blurry fullscreen view) on iPads was a thing.
I don’t mean to complain it’s just genuinely surprising that Apple themselves would acquire an existing app, work on something for a year and a half, and then release that.
Apple is doing fine. Another day, another opportunity to slag Apple - it seems to help people feel better about themselves.
Unlike a lot of other tech companies (Microsoft, Meta/Facebook, google, twitter, Dell, Oracle, Zoom, IBM, Saleforce, PayPal, Cisco, etc who have had massive workforce layoffs due to the economic downturn and poor management, Apple is doing fine. A big hat-tip to Tim Cook taking care of his 165,000+ employees.
Yep, more than fine. And Tim Cook is doing his job as leader, yet he is called incompetent daily here.
I can't believe there isn't a Mac or iPad version of this. It's just inexcusable. This app isn't from some random startup, it's from Apple. It's their own ecosystem. Just sloppy and stupid.
Sadly, that's because some people are not able to feel good about themselves unless they're putting someone else down.
I am guessing intentional. Not sure of the reasoning, but I am positive Apple could have had it on their other devices if they wanted to.
Mac, AppleTV, and iPad, all absent. It is mind blowing.
And yet apple took the necessary time and effort to develope and promote it. They must know something you don’t, don’t they?
If you enjoy this app good for you! I’m a Spotify user on rare occasions I do listen to classical music and I do enjoy user generated playlists on there. Never liked Apple Music navigation and design, Spotify is much more user friendly and simpler.
This seems like a dog whistle post.
As you don't elaborate, I can only presume you're meaning it promotes women and human diversity. If so, that's a good thing – why promote the lazy default that white men are more important than everyone else?
I'd love to have Fitness+ workouts separate audio channels with just the trainer on one and music on the other, with the ability to play my own music. There are workouts I don't do because I'm not into the genre of music in that workout's playlist.
I totally agree with you on this. Either let us use our own music or let us mute the music. Sometimes not only do I dislike the music, but they play it louder than normal and I can't even hear the trainer.