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Apple Reportedly Planning to Shut Down Beats Music [Update: Not True]
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Given how highly Tim Cook speaks of Beats Music, I'm sure it's going to be Apple-fied and rebranded. If it remains a subscription service, hopefully it'll be bundled with iTunes Match.
they're probably doing some sort of new music store (for amateur musicians). Kind of like what the App Store did for amateur developers.
makes total sense since they were focused on the curation
makes total sense since they were focused on the curation
Spotify lives on!
I guess I will continue to use Spotify! I have been a Spotify user for 3+ years and love the live sessions, music collection, etc. I am starting to wonder why they bought Beats at all?? The headphones are never going to become "Apple" branded so what else do they have to offer???
I guess I will continue to use Spotify! I have been a Spotify user for 3+ years and love the live sessions, music collection, etc. I am starting to wonder why they bought Beats at all?? The headphones are never going to become "Apple" branded so what else do they have to offer???
I think they just wanted to get Beats users completely on board with the product before rolling it into an Apple streaming service. Unless sunsetting Beats was a spur-of-the-moment decision based on low revenue or something.
You're getting worked up over a rumour.
That said, even if this rumour was true, it makes sense in one way. They still haven't rolled iTunes Radio out to many countries, probably due to a slow license negotiation process. To need to do that for two similar services would not make any sense at all.
Here in Canada, we still don't have iTunes Radio or Beats Music. I'm sure many countries can say the same. So, Mr. American, enjoy it while you have it.
I feel conflicted. I really like the app. It looks much better than the Music app. I hope all of my profile information transfers seamlessly (Apple services, we'll see...). At the same time, if it becomes part of iTunes, it will be a lot more integrated into the phone.
It'll probably be rebranded and the current subscribers moved over to the new service. That's why it makes sense to continue promoting it.
They will merge it with their own service, not surprised at this move. Everyone should have seen this coming.
Sort of odd, not so much from 30,000 feet, but from the standpoint of it feeling like a reversal. As pointed out, it was only recently that Apple put the Beats app in an extremely high profile position. To now say we're shutting it down? I wonder if the response to said positioning didn't result in any meaningful traction with new subs?
Prediction: Apple will ultimately fold what we today think of as Beats (human-curated, super smart music streaming subscriptions) into a larger media subscription service ala Netflix or Amazon Prime. Could also be packaged with iCloud Match, iCloud Drive storage, etc.
To the naysayers who say that Apple makes too much selling content to push paid subscription models...I say just wait.
Prediction: Apple will ultimately fold what we today think of as Beats (human-curated, super smart music streaming subscriptions) into a larger media subscription service ala Netflix or Amazon Prime. Could also be packaged with iCloud Match, iCloud Drive storage, etc.
To the naysayers who say that Apple makes too much selling content to push paid subscription models...I say just wait.
calm down
Seems like they are just going to fold it into iTunes Radio and rebrand/relaunch it. "iTunes Something."
Their music services are pretty scatterbrained and un-apple like right now (I think they got caught off-guard by the rapid rise of streaming services). iTunes downloads, iTunes Radio, Beats streaming, iTunes Match etc. They need to sit down and come up with a clear strategy and clear options for consumers.
Seems like they are just going to fold it into iTunes Radio and rebrand/relaunch it. "iTunes Something."
Their music services are pretty scatterbrained and un-apple like right now (I think they got caught off-guard by the rapid rise of streaming services). iTunes downloads, iTunes Radio, Beats streaming, iTunes Match etc. They need to sit down and come up with a clear strategy and clear options for consumers.
I was confused by that. But I also hated the fact that iPhoto used to be separate app (with a separate library) on iOS instead of being integrated into the photos app. So that is actually an improvement in my book. As is the integration of Beats music into the regular Music app.
This makes more sense to me, tbh. I doubt they're just going to shutter it and forget about it.
Apple did not need hep with promotion. 10 million iPhone 6 sales in one weekend? That had nothing to do with them having bought Beats. We haven't seen what their plan with Beats is yet. Could be bigger than any of us have imagined. Or I could be totally wrong and the buyout was simply to get the people/talent/knowledge.