Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Beats 1 is 'the Biggest Radio Station in the World', Says Apple Music
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
No, we shall not. This site came up with this name when Apple hardly made anything except macs. It is almost 2 decades later now and Mac is not any more the main focus for Apple. This site isn't gonna change it's name just because some mac obsessed guys want exclusivity.
Tried it a few times. Meh...
I'm finding more new music via Apple Music's suggestions and the For You "My New Music Mix."
I'm finding more new music via Apple Music's suggestions and the For You "My New Music Mix."
Don't go that far please!!
But would you mind keeping those comments isolated to the umpteen thousands of posts, news, and conversations about physical products at least? You know, where it like.... makes sense. As opposed to placing them in posts about iOS updates, Apple Music, tax rulings, etc. where it's obviously just a snarky, off-topic, bitter, self-validating hijack of the conversation; it is rude, at best- and a bland, boring, unimaginative desperate bid for attention to YOUR personal pet peeve, at the expense of all other conversations on this site, at worst.
Let's face it - this is the market demo that spends $ on music. When I was that age I was at Tower Records once or twice a week buying CDs. During my college years I easily spent $500+ a year on music -- that was a time when $500 was a lot of money. These days I spend $50-75 -- typically 5-8 CDs a year. Chicken scratch. This is because 1) I don't have time to spend hours exploring music 2) My money needs to go to more important expenses that I didn't have when I was a kid.
So I can poo poo Apple Music, sure. It's not for me. But I'm also not it's market. Apple is correct going after the 16-21 market first and foremost. I don't blame it for that. That's silly.
I agree Apple is negligent with its treatment of Macs but Music has nothing to do with that aspect of its business anymore than BMW motorcycles can be blamed for the softening of BMW cars. Macs is a different discussion.
Right. Because there is only two genres of music according to you: what Beats 1 plays and American Standards. Everything else is in a black hole and doesn't officially exist.
But who really cares (outside of Apple that is)?
Then there are the rest of the population with
Meh
So what
You will have to pay me $30K a year to listen to it (not my style of sounds)
Apple what?
etc
This is a niche service and a small one at that (IMHO)
Naturally they will embiggen it at a drop of the proverbial hat but to make this claim without actual data is just silly.
Nope. That's on you. I'm happy with what's offered. And from the story, it seems many others are as well. Apple knows their market. Along with their tastes.
Hey, don't forget 'skiffle'.... and 1960's R&B (not related to the modern thing at all which IMHO is not real music)
Apple isn't targeting you, nor are they targeting me. We're the old guard, thinking of the company as "Apple Computer". That's not who they are anymore. They obviously know what they're doing as far as maintaining the popularity of their brand. If a company doesn't grow and adapt, then it stagnates. Although I have little interest in Beats Radio or streaming in general, I'm glad Apple has figured out that a huge number of people do have that interest.
Why are we still peddling the myth that its all rap on Beats 1?
[doublepost=1490619058][/doublepost]
So how does Apple's budget/resources for Beats 1 compare to its budget/resource for its Macs?
[doublepost=1490619158][/doublepost]
That's right. If it isn't playing music that *you* like, then it must be bad.
Because the music that *you* like is obviously the best.
Arrogant much?
I feel like people who don't like mainstream music are failing to realize it's hard to not put the most main stream music upfront first because well it's the most popular.
"I'm so mad it's hard to find music that no one else listens to"
"I'm so mad it's hard to find music that no one else listens to"
Just checked it on my iPhone. I have it there but not on my Mac. Go figure.
I'm running the latest version of iTunes (12.6.0.100) on the latest MacOS stable release (10.12.3). I do not have that option. That makes it even worse. Apple cannot even keep the same list of genres across their operating systems.
How's it on me again? You were the one that posted the Kate Smith quip. My response was to that, not Beats 1. Also see my post directly below yours regarding Apple knowing the market. You'll see your post to me was made defensively and in haste.
I'm obviously too old for this stuff, because the first thing I asked is "who the heck is Drake?"...
Lol!
I feel you both.
I mean... I'm not THAT old (have yet to reach the big four oh) & I love music.
I've seen over 250 bands live... from Nirvana to Die Antwoord to Norah Jones to Anthrax to Beastie Boys to Joanna Newsom, etc.
In the last few years I've attended festivals like OutsideLand in SF, SXSW in Austin, & Sasquatch, in Washington state (the Gorge @ George!)... as well as attending local shows as mainstream as Lana DelRey at the Hard Rock, to little underground rap shows like Aesop Rock, also here in Florida.
I consider myself fairly hip to the music scene- most genres: yet, I haven't been able to bring myself to listen to even a single song by "that kid from DeGrassi". It almost worries me... like "what if he's actually good & I'm missing out?!"
Lol, it's the same effect as "whitewashing" in movies to me.... erasing all the beautiful diversity that IS music & replacing it w/ Drake & Taylor Swift.
No thanks. I'll stick with my carefully curated Pandora stations, that I can often listen to for hours on end without feeling like skipping a single track.
What's wrong with Taylor Swift? Music taste is subjective, or course. But whatever else, 1989 is a great pop album.
Not everyone likes all genres, but all genres, including pop, have great music.
You say that music should embrace diversity, and then in the same breath dismiss part of that very diversity.
Not everyone likes all genres, but all genres, including pop, have great music.
You say that music should embrace diversity, and then in the same breath dismiss part of that very diversity.