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Apple Music's Three-Month Trial is No Longer Free in Australia, Spain, and Switzerland
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You know what, that $1 is actually millions of dollars ....due to its user base so yeah, it's valid penny pinching.
It's called a rollout, you try it in a few countries and see what the uptake is , smart business .
Show me a single service or change apple has rolled out globally in one hit. Nothing, so don't use this as an example, apple has always been phased
The trial is only free for the customer, Apple still pays the artists for each play even when using the trial, the money just comes straight out of Apples pocket instead.
Of course it is. It's likely country regulatory-based. Still, people will jump on the tiny whinefest bandwagon before understanding the underlying reason.
No. Apple pays the artists during The trial, which is free for the user.
In this instance, it could be government regulated or some other unknown local law factor for the fee.
Edit: @Sunny1990. And you edited your post entirely after being quoted on. Could you please explain why?
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Its finished in the UK yesterday... I brought some beats x yesterday and when I went to the website it said it had finished...
The first time I try iOS AppStore or macOS AppStore, should there also be a 3 month period where I can try absolutely any app without paying? Sounds ridiculous, just like the free Apple Music. But yet, people start to cry when you actually have to pay to have access to music, even if it's just $1 instead of $9.
Due to legal issues and licensing in those countries.
This free trial is what has brought so many paying customers to Apple Music. They would not get rid of it intentionally.
This free trial is what has brought so many paying customers to Apple Music. They would not get rid of it intentionally.
Which bank are you with ? You know there are other companies besides Apple on this planet.....
I don't even need one month to know I don't want to rent my music.
Yes, I know there are other companies who don't take advantage of their (LOYAL) customers like Apple does.
Oh this logic cannot stand here. Apple is evil, anti-consumer, and Tim Cook is a penny-pinching supply chain guy.
Haven't you gotten the memo yet?
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In answer to your post:-
- Nowadays the vast majority musicians do not make enough money from Music to live on - most also have to hold down "day jobs" as well as writing, recording, & Touring. The fiction of all musicians magically becoming filthy rich is, and always has been, just that - a fiction.
- Based on your Business Model, if a Musician produces a piece of Music, and you downloaded it, but never go to see them live, how would you have "paid" for the right to hear it? Would you not actually be leeching off the people who actually HAD paid to see the Musician?
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Nice work Tim. Every penny counts
If only people were as interested in thinking as in spouting off. [Edit: Deductive reasoning dictates that] Apple's complying with the law in those countries, people. And artists get paid even during free or cheap trials. Stop tripping over yourselves trying to shoehorn every news bite into your anti-Apple world views. I promise it doesn't make anyone look clever.
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I have a feeling this is the case. Australia and EU countries are way more strict on what is "free" and a "giveaway", moreso than the US. I am 99% confident this is the lawyers stepping in to cover their butts.
Really? Why those three countries? And how often does Apple start something in a country other than the USA? And it's just a coincidence that the 99¢ is exactly what Spotify is charging? Put down the Apple hater blinders for once.
Although you may be entirely correct, you're statement that Apple is complying the law is no more or less correct than opposing statements stating they have other reasons. Both sides, yours and theirs, are engaging in unsubstantiated speculation. Nothing more. I also think it's law/regulation related. But you, and some others, are asserting opinion as fact. How about adding a 'I think' or 'my opinion' in that quote somewhere? At some point I'm sure Apple's reasoning will be revealed. 'Til then stop tripping over yourself to shoehorn justifications into your Apple world views. I promise it doesn't make anyone look clever either.
Those previous two italicized sentences I added. Kinda nasty and unnecessary aren't they?You answered your own question...
That's how a free market works. Prices are set by the market and companies adjust. Why should apple stay free if nobody else is?
[doublepost=1495386824][/doublepost]Also: prepare for the blind apple haters who look to justify their distaste for the company with unjustified claims... like "I hate Tim Cook and apple look they're cheap and penny pinching" when every other service does it in those companies........... smh
Clearly cause Australia is part of Europe and decided to sit down wih Spain and Switzerland to create a law to force apple to make more money.... it's not Austria mate!
makes no sense for legal reasons ..How often does apple start something other than the US when it comes to increasing prices - Always champ! Never seen the US pricing change
If you must know, it's part of https://www.spotify.com/au/ Spotify this week launched three months for 99 cents. So some douchebag in apple decided that they could make lots of money if they matched Spotify offer
and it's 99 cents cause they are not a cent more.....for a man devoid of any explanation why this is happening, geez you can play critic well
let me explain clearly there is no legal connection between Australia and the other two..... greed there is.... now over to you ....what's your theory apple lover blinders ? [doublepost=1495387668][/doublepost]
Spotify launched their summer 99 local currency for 3 months and apple is matching them. Very smart, will get them millions !!! The blind apple lovers using legal excuses on this thread to charge is actually more pathetic to be honest. My opinion is they are just matching Spotify .
Care to say when they will file for Chapter 11 or even worse, Chapter 7?
I'm sure that there are people around here who'd like to place a bet or two on it going one way or the other...
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How much does your daily 'Skinny decaf low fat Latte' cost?
How much over a week? a year?
$0.99 is irrelvant to most people.
Does not matter to me as I'm not interested in anything with a monthly subscription apart from my phone ($16/month) as I'm a cheapskate.