Apple Music to Launch on Amazon's Echo Devices the Week of December 17

[YaBe]

So someone easdropping on your personal life in general is ok with you? There are far more implications with the device than one being concerned with criminal behavior being revealed.

Like your phone cannot do it..... they do not need a dedicated device if they really want to hear you.

 

[Glideslope]

It was probably part of the agreement with Amazon starting to sell Apple Products again.

Gaurenteed.

 

[aplfnboi]

Surprised to see this. The apple ecosystem now feels dirty.

 

[ChrisATL]

If you can’t better them, join them. Sad.

why is this sad? Expanding your paid monthly service to a whole new ecosystem?

 

[MBAir2010]

sooo thats why my IPAD 2017 will not work with the amazon echo 2016 as of just last thursday, whatta bunch of 2018 jive turkeys!

 

[BvizioN]

Personally, I do not care if it listens to my conversations. I am not doing anything illegal.

I think the argument "I am not doing anything illegal" so let them spy, doesn't hold anymore.
And I am really not the kind of guy who gets paranoid with data and privacy concerns.

 

[hvfsl]

Now if they would Allow Apple Music on Google home devices, I would switch to Apple music and get an Apple Speaker. At the moment have a Spotify Family subscription which my brother uses with Google devices. It is the main reason we haven't moved to Apple Music, because he wouldn't be able to use it and I haven't got an Apple speaker because it doesn't support Spotify (just have Airplay Express + speakers around the home).

 

[Glideslope]

Yeah, it does not bother me to be honest.

Wow, ok then. I guess we come from a very different definition of privacy.

 

[The Game 161]

So how much are amazon paying apple for this?

 

[bellang]

Airplay 2 would be good to add as well, especially as its just software now not hardware.

 

[YaBe]

So how much are amazon paying apple for this?

It's probably the other way around....

 

[RedGala]

Spreading Apple services and products using amazon’s services / platforms will serve the company well.

Time to buy more shares of AAPL.

 

[tromboneaholic]

If you can’t better them, join them. Sad.

Apple is not going to compete with a company that practically gives the hardware away. As a speaker, HomePod is miles ahead of Alexa speakers for pure audio quality. This give Apple an additional customer base for Apple Music as a service, and it means people can shut up about wanting a $29 HomePod that Apple was never going to produce.

 

[Glideslope]

So how much are amazon paying apple for this?

Pretty sure it’s the other way around. Eventually there will be leaked information. Apple is most likely planning to offset the cost and increase revenue through increases in Apple Music subscriptions.

 

[69Mustang]

So how much are amazon paying apple for this?

Probably nothing. As @mattopotamus mentioned, it's probably part of the deal to bring more Apple products to the Amazon marketplace. Apple wants more subscribers and Amazon wants to sell more Echos so that we buy more stuff from Amazon. Nobody needs to pay anybody.

 

[Aston441]

Didn’t see that one coming.

Makes me assume that HomePod sales must be lacking and this is their response to stay relative.

Apple replacing Siri with Alexa would be the greatest thing to happen to iOS in years.

 

[Glideslope]

Apple is not going to compete with a company that practically gives the hardware away. As a speaker, HomePod is miles ahead of Alexa speakers for pure audio quality. This give Apple an additional customer base for Apple Music as a service, and it means people can shut up about wanting a $29 HomePod that Apple was never going to produce.

Valid points. I’m just not a supporter of Amazon taking over the globe.

 

[DNichter]

Makes me feel that Apple is beginning to feel some pressure on their end to expand services. I would expect this trend to continue over the next few years with a variety of products and services. It's time to open the gates a bit. I gave away all my Echo devices for HomePod's earlier this year, but this is good for Amazon users.

 

[Aston441]

I corrected the typo. I meant Amazon music doesn't work with voice, thus the reason for my debate on what to subscribe to.

Of course it does. Try updating your app.

 

[tromboneaholic]

Valid points. I’m just not a supporter of Amazon taking over the globe.

I have mixed feeling about Amazon myself to be honest.

 

[hagar]

Yeah, it does not bother me to be honest.

How can you say that? So, If you discuss with your partner in the privacy of your own house an illness you have, and the speakers pick this information up and add it to your profile, then you wouldn’t have a problem with that? Even if that information gets used to promote certain products, raise insurance premiums, or is used against you from getting a new job? Privacy is so much more than getting caught in something illegal.

 

[Aston441]

Still amazes me that people are happy to have these 'smart' speakers in their homes. Who really trusts the likes of Amazon & particularly Google with your data & privacy? Not me.

Your "Privacy World" fantasy hasn't existed since the 1940's.

Guess what. Posting such thoughts has you on "the list" now and they are watching you very closely for the rest of your life.

 

[Stella]

Still amazes me that people are happy to have these 'smart' speakers in their homes. Who really trusts the likes of Amazon & particularly Google with your data & privacy? Not me.

Tin foil hat. The amount of processing required would be excessive to handle all the data load.

Also, it’s easily testable: chrck how much data is being sent from the device - given the amount of background conversation.

 

[tromboneaholic]

Your "Privacy World" fantasy hasn't existed since the 1940's.

Guess what. Posting such thoughts has you on "the list" now and they are watching you very closely for the rest of your life.

Could be, but it's a separate list from what advertisers currently have with your personal preferences, religion, income, relationships, etc... That's the list we might control.

 

[curtvaughan]

I corrected the typo. I meant Amazon music doesn't work with voice, thus the reason for my debate on what to subscribe to.

I can bring up Amazon Music with a voice command to my Echo. I'm trying to figure out what advantage Apple Music would have with an Echo.