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Apple Reportedly Planning to Shut Down Beats Music [Update: Not True]
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Sounds dubious:
1. Tech Crunch wasn't even sure what the remote app icon was.
2. Tim Cook has been raving about the Beats app.
3. Apple has been promoting it in the iTunes Store.
4. They just rolled it out to the AppleTV.
Sounds more like click bait than real information.
1. Tech Crunch wasn't even sure what the remote app icon was.
2. Tim Cook has been raving about the Beats app.
3. Apple has been promoting it in the iTunes Store.
4. They just rolled it out to the AppleTV.
Sounds more like click bait than real information.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Depends on when the question is asked in time:
Before Apple took a shot at the streaming radio market, "we" would have gushed for Pandora and/or Spotify as best available.
Then Apple launched iTunes Radio and "we" took a lot of shots at those two in trying to spin Apple's version as the best version… kind of like how Apple Maps was superior to Google Maps once Apple decided to create it's own maps.
Throughout all of this time, if someone brought up Beats, they would have probably gotten a beat-down.
Then the rumors started flying about Apple in talks to buy Beats. Collectively, this appeared to be viewed as nearly abhorrent. The Apple fans could not see Apple going toward the bottom of the barrel when there were many other choices considered higher quality.
Then, Apple bought Beats. For a while there was a split in fandom (much like iPhone 6 vs. 6+ now) but then it "evolved" until people got to the "but then I tried them out" phase which flowed into general, group support of how great Beats was/is (sometimes it just takes a while for the fans to collectively find their marketing spin to support a shocking Apple move).
I think if Apple had kept them fully separate companies, Beats would have been treated like other businesses Apple purchased but largely kept separate. However, once Apple gave Beats a tab in the store and rewrote the marketing in Apple "wow" copy touting Beats as best right in the Apple website (even though it was obvious there had not been time for Apple to improve the quality of the Beats product mix), "we" had to take that endorsement as proof they were best.
So now, "we" have almost embraced Beats as best and this rumor flies. It sort of reminds me of how AT&T got some fandom halo while it was the exclusive carrier associated with iPhone.
They are better? If you could get anyone objective to evaluate each option, I doubt they would vote iTunes Radio (or Beats) ahead of Spotify or Pandora. But of course here, iTunes Radio is Apple's cut at it so it must be the best. That's the rules.
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HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
I seriously doubt Apple would shutter Beats so soon after the acquisition. We all know what's going to take place.
{Insert pic of Apple-shaped Borg "cube"}
Assimilation is inevitable. Resistance is futile.
{Insert pic of Apple-shaped Borg "cube"}
Assimilation is inevitable. Resistance is futile.
This deal stank from the beginning, and everyone who disagreed with it was called racist.
I agree, iPhoto for iOS was awful in execution in terms of integration and synching.
I'm just saying that it's really bad communication about the EOL of a product by Apple AGAIN.
I love their support in general, but these kinds of things shed a terrible light onto a company.
Glassed Silver:mac
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
bbfc, see LaLa acquisition: https://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/04/apple-acquires-streaming-music-service-lala-media/
That's a great idea. That would allow them to expand into the vegetable market, as well as the fruits.
So, porting an app to the platform is "almost nothing"? Considering time is probably the most valuable thing a development team has, the opportunity cost of integrating something being axed versus working on something else is huge. If the devs on this were the Beats Music iOS devs still waiting to find out where they were going, maybe, but if Apple TV folks had to spend time on this, it was wasted time if Beats Music was going to be canned.
As someone in the industry, it makes zero sense to spend engineering time on something you know is on the way out. Too much to do, and never enough time to do it in as it is.
The point of forums is to discuss topics. A big part of that is speculation.
The source article is nearly always more detailed and often more accurate than MR's summary, but hardly anybody bothers to read the source article. This is something those of us who bother to read the source articles have discovered, and I believe is the point of the comment.
I was actually saying if the name "iTunes" was dropped and rebranded as "Beats" it would not make much of a difference to what you'd expect to find just based on the name alone.
Agreed. My point was that taking out the loose speculation takes the life out of the party.
Yet again, macbloomers rushes to post "news" which transpires not to be true at all, in desperation to get article views.
I give up - you fail at journalism massively.
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You're sure about that? If you could care less, this demonstrates that your level of caring is a non-zero value, therefore you must care... just a little bit
I give up - you fail at journalism massively.
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You're sure about that? If you could care less, this demonstrates that your level of caring is a non-zero value, therefore you must care... just a little bit
Shut it down!
They should shut it down, so I can get my money back.
I used to be a happy MOG subscriber for ages and loved MOG. They had a great library, great streaming quality and a really great Artist Radio feature (like Pandora, but with much better control). MOG's library and encoding was noticeably better than that of Spotify.
So, Beats bought MOG and rolled it into Beats Music.
While the library seems to be the same as MOG, Beats removed the Artist Radio and replaced it with the lamest feature in music, called "Sentence," which is basically a really primitive mood setting and overall, completely useless.
Since I liked MOG and assumed that Beats is not run by idiots and it will only get better, I prepaid for a year of the service. But since they removed Artist Radio, I rarely listen to it anymore.
Beats sucks.
They should shut it down, so I can get my money back.
I used to be a happy MOG subscriber for ages and loved MOG. They had a great library, great streaming quality and a really great Artist Radio feature (like Pandora, but with much better control). MOG's library and encoding was noticeably better than that of Spotify.
So, Beats bought MOG and rolled it into Beats Music.
While the library seems to be the same as MOG, Beats removed the Artist Radio and replaced it with the lamest feature in music, called "Sentence," which is basically a really primitive mood setting and overall, completely useless.
Since I liked MOG and assumed that Beats is not run by idiots and it will only get better, I prepaid for a year of the service. But since they removed Artist Radio, I rarely listen to it anymore.
Beats sucks.