Maybe, I think most acquisitions should be stopped and are not creating value, today I read that Microsoft is going to buy a manufacturer of fibre optic cables instead of buying fibre optic cables for their data centres they are buying the manufacturer, to believe that this will be a good idea for the market of fibre optic cables is IMO naive.
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Apple Planned to Launch a Classical Music App in 2022, But Time is Running Out
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Whatever you want to call it, they said they would do something (SORRY! PLANNED!) and they didn’t do it. Hence the comments. That’s it. No need to be such a defensive baby about a trillion dollar company that don’t give two ***** about you or me.
By they way there are a few four-letter words you might want to check on that dictionary. 🤣
Point taken. My language was inaccurate.
Having said that, I might ask: do you really want two different apps, one for so-called classical music and one for the everything that doesn’t fit within someone’s preconceptions and definitions of what “classical” music is? Can you draw a fine line between what’s in your Classical Music app and what’s in your “regular” Music app—isn’t classical music also “music”?
If everything that was in the Music app was shared with the Classical Music app, it would seem more workable. Yes, there might be benefits to having a separate app in that case. Still, why not just bake that functionality for so-called “classical” music into the standard Music app? Couldn’t the standard app be coded and designed to handle music that’s metatagged as “classical” in a more practical and usable way, for those who love and regularly listen to that genre, whatever we might define it as being?
Would you really appreciate having to pay more for functionality that rightfully should have been in the Music app to begin with? Yes, I understand that “classical” music requires special considerations, but I think a lot of this separation could be snobbery on the part of classical enthusiasts (and this is snobbery that’s ages old). Yes, I want to know the full song title, and who conducted and which orchestra or performer played the song. Yes, I want to know who the actual composer was, and yes, it would be nice to have some background on the actual composer too, for educational purposes. Still, if you’re doing this for classical music, why not extend the educational benefits to lovers of all genres of music? Why does classical have to be so special? Don’t you want to know more about the music you’re listening to, and get the full picture on the artists and composers, if you’re a lover of music? Some people want that, myself included. I just don’t want a new app for it, and I won’t pay for the extra privilege to be part of the “elite” who need a special app to give them what should have already been part of the Music app experience to begin with.
Unsurprisingly, people with no interest in classical music don’t see anything wrong with the way Music handles classical music 
Ok, fair enough.
Do you have a framework in mind that would determine what companies a firm gets to buy and what they don't?
Because - although your intentions are good - it sounds like a really slippery slope.
Also, if you implement your framework for, say, Europe - will that disadvantage European companies vs their Asian and American counterparts?
What I am saying is that your concern isn't unfounded; I just can't fathom how it could ever be regulated.
Apple Music discovery is a disgrace, for jazz as well as for classical. Finding a specific recording of a work recorded more than once by an one artist is near impossible. It’s only possible if you can recognize an album cover design! This is particularly egregious coming from a company that supposedly takes pride in its interfaces.