Yeah, this is so cool, now the music industry can have precise statistics who listens to what how often, so they can make their commercial music based on this to make more mediocre music that is easy to listen to for the majority of the people.
And think of the possibilities. The government will be able to track who is a pontential threat because he listens to aggressive music.
Let's all upload our stuff to the cloud so that corporations can have tracks of everything we have on our computers. This is obviously good, because by selling our information to the highest bidder they can make even more money, obviously only to make better stuff for us.
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You watch too many movies.
The reality is... the government could care less about you unless you do something wrong like murder someone. Companies (like Apple or Google) could care less about you except to try and link your interests to other products or services you may like. Yeah... advertising... but it's a reality of life, it makes money (look at Google).
Sorry to say, other than in the movies, there are no huge conspiracies under way to destroy the world or chase you down with men in black suits based on what music you listen too.
I agree, nowt ore embarrassing than giving the me.com address over the phone or business card. I actually blush when doing it. @gmail.com sounds much better and not so pedantic.
As for the cloud, Im in agreement with another poster who said that it will only apply to music you have purchased via iTunes as Apple know already what you have purchased thus when it goes live it will be available immediately. Should be interesting though. Mobileme is a disaster and they have the neck to charge you for it. They should at least give you free mail access.
I have currently set up a free Gmail account and I am suitably impressed with the whole mail experience (its free & secure) the google docs is a nice little touch and if you are an incredibly light user it negates the need for iWork or MS Office.
Google seem to have a better grasp on what a person actually wants unlike Apple who force upon us what they want you to have. Next few years should be interesting. not dissing Apple I love the hardware and my Blackbook has served me well with the only problem being the top case being replaced due to the known issue of cracking. Thats more than what I can say for my old Dell desktop and Inspiron notebook. Judging on the amazing new iMac performance Im holding out for what a new MacPro may offer.
Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul
If you have a 16 GB Ipad or Iphone, a 8bg Ipod Touch...having free access to a music cloud can free up much needed space.
This service WILL require itunes only purchased music. Why else would they need licensing deals, if they were going to "match" your current collection to the itune cloud music then let you stream?
So if they do that they would probaly have to assure the RL's that someone cant just go download GaGa's album off a torrent and then be able to sync that with a valid license from apple.
Also this will most certainly be linked to homesharing, where you need a username and password, and you are only authorized X amount of computers.
Unlike amazon and google cloud, apples might be more data sufficient and quicker, but it will certainly be more limited and likely more expensive(they need to pay for those licensing deals somehow)
that's what i'm thinking... zune pass with the ability to store your own music to the cloud? Sign me up, anything less is a disappointment imo.Who's to say these deals have anything to do with purchased content?
What happened to the subscription model rumors?
What would you pay to be subscribed to the entire iTunes library?
.. just thinking out load.
I think Google's new approach is
Step 1: Half ass something to be first
Step 2: Wait to see what Apple does, copy it
Step 3: Say they were already doing it before Apple
Step 4: Drag any lawsuits that occur from the mess caused by their half ass start =)
Who's to say these deals have anything to do with purchased content?
What happened to the subscription model rumors?
What would you pay to be subscribed to the entire iTunes library? Music... television shows... movies. What you want when you want it.
... just thinking out load.
where did you get this? And who said $10 a month, and who said movies/tv shows would be included in the price and not extra? Oh that's right... YOU made all of this up!What? you think that for 10 bucks a month you will have access to every song in the iTunes store? Chuck movies and TV shows too, on demand, as much as you want?, you'll be charged >$100 month.
What? you think that for 10 bucks a month you will have access to every song in the iTunes store? Chuck movies and TV shows too, on demand, as much as you want?, you'll be charged >$100 month.
What? you think that for 10 bucks a month you will have access to every song in the iTunes store? Chuck movies and TV shows too, on demand, as much as you want?, you'll be charged >$100 month.