Apple's Streaming Music Negotiations in Russia Confirm Plans for Multi-Country Availability

[ActionableMango]

Why can Amazon & Spotify just launch worldwide and force the labels to tow the line yet Apple struggle to launch in two - just do it and make them sit up and take notice with the volume of business you will bring in. Stop messing about and sort it Apple.

I can't speak for Amazon, but Spotify definitely did not launch Worldwide. They launched in Europe in 2008 and came to the USA later in 2011.

 

[keatth]

I can. Add the ability to save music like in spotify and curate playlists like in spotify but on iTunes along side my music that is ripped and purchased? Thats a huge win. I still use iTunes only to manage my music and then sync it to spotify. I don't want two apps, just one. But I want spotify's style, with iTunes. Merge the two functionality wise and you have a winner. I would drop spotify in a hurry if that came to fruition.

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Never thought about it like that. Sounds great!

 

[legacyb4]

Maybe they'll cache music more intelligently; Spotify's solution of clearing cached music by "deleting and reinstalling the app" leaves a lot to be desired...

Just don't see how it could be better than Spotify anyways.

 

[rctlr]

Im not putting my hopes up for a UK launch any time soon.
iTunes Radio never hit the UK, and I paid for iTunes Match for two years on the premise that I'd get Ad free content, as well as a backup of my own music.
I stopped subscribing after my library hit the buffers.

 

[VulchR]

I'd settle for iTunes successfully backing up my iPhone. Instead it tells my my phone has disconnected when it hasn't. As for paying a monthly fee for a streaming service, well, screw that.

 

[bpeeps]

Where are all the people who complain that things aren't available in your country? Oh right, too busy complaining and not noticing when stuff like this.

 

[Salinger]

I can. Add the ability to save music like in spotify and curate playlists like in spotify but on iTunes along side my music that is ripped and purchased? Thats a huge win. I still use iTunes only to manage my music and then sync it to spotify. I don't want two apps, just one. But I want spotify's style, with iTunes. Merge the two functionality wise and you have a winner. I would drop spotify in a hurry if that came to fruition.

That's exactly what I have now with Google Play Music All Access for just $7.99/month.

I have access to its catalogue of over 30M songs, I have all my own music uploaded (and any new purchases from iTunes or anywhere else are uploaded, including playlists, automatically). There are great "radio" stations that learn my likes and dislikes very quickly. Well curated playlists, as well as user-generated, mood, time of day, genre, eras, and other playlists.

I'm definitely open to Apple's new offering, if it ever comes to Canada. But they're going to have to offer something very special for me to give up what I already have had for some time now. And of course, even then, it'll likely only work on Apple products whereas I use my Google Play Music on my iPhone and did on my Note 3 before it.