so will this be like Newstand were you can't delete it
But you can put it in a folder, put the folder on the last home screen and shut up about it!
It's never going to happen, deletion of default apps.
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Beats Music to Be Bundled Into iOS Early Next Year, Will Remain Paid Subscription Service
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But you can put it in a folder, put the folder on the last home screen and shut up about it!
It's never going to happen, deletion of default apps.
Nobody said it would be a separate app. And nobody said you couldn't put it in a folder if it was.
Panic is needless at this point.
(And Apple bundling their OWN software is different from PC makers taking payments to bundle other companies' junk. Many people don't mind that Apple integrates a lot of software. I never touch Stocks, and toss it in a folder, but I have no emotions to spend against it.)
Panic is needless at this point.
(And Apple bundling their OWN software is different from PC makers taking payments to bundle other companies' junk. Many people don't mind that Apple integrates a lot of software. I never touch Stocks, and toss it in a folder, but I have no emotions to spend against it.)
iOS 9 Wishlist: 1) Hide useless stock apps like on Apple TV currently 2) Customize Control Center 3) Make Album view in the Music app esp. On the iPhone 6 Plus optional since it could be much more useful with the standard menu
I hope so considering that the Beats service & iTunes Radio are under one division. Would be the best way to go. That and expanding it to way more countries.
This is not a good direction. Apple is giving us its own bloatware. I have no use for Beats. No interest. Period.
Do any of you listen to the service? I tried for a while and it was ok I guess but I could not stand the interface after being a Spotify user for a while. I like to use integrated apps as much as I can but only when they are as good or better than the third party options. In this case, I just could not get the feel for the interface.
If artists continue to leave other services but stay with iTunes/Beats we may not have a choice but to make the switch.
If artists continue to leave other services but stay with iTunes/Beats we may not have a choice but to make the switch.
so will this be like Newstand were you can't delete it
You guys like to cry about everything, if anything, my guess is that this app will be like Keynote, Numbers and Pages that comes pre-intalled in high capacity iDevices, you can delete them if you don't want them.
Oh yeah, the iLife apps are easy to delete. Because those are what people are upset about when they say 'bundled'. What about Health? Passbook? Find Friends? Voice Memos?
And the Apple apologists claim that bloatware is a thing for Windows PCs and Android phones.
Find my Friends doesn't come with the iPhone, and Passbook is crucial for Apple Pay.
This app better not be a part of iOS9, of all the bundled apps I've used:
phone
Calendar
Messages
Photos & Camera
passbook for Apple Pay
Maps
iTunes & App Stores
weather
Notes
Safari
I never use:
Stocks
Game Center
health
Newsstand
Reminders
Videos
Voice memos
Compass
Tips
And if it makes it Beats
I turned on iTunes radio through my home theater. It was weird to see the album cover of a song being played with a price next to it. I thought I was being billed per song. Turned it off.
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There is nothing like Spotify. No matter how many times I have to do a clean install of OS X (which has been a lot lately), I download, sign in, and everything is there. And if I were to stop paying, it wouldn't disappear. They figured everything out perfectly. When my MBP was in for repairs I got a Chromebook, signed in to Spotify over the Web, and everything was there. It's perfect.
I would prefer it be a standalone app versus integrated into the music app like iTunes radio. But honestly, I would prefer that it stay off my device completely. I have nothing against beats music streaming service, but I should be the one to decide if an app is installed on my device.
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This seems more like a move aimed at uneducated investors rather than having any chance to take off.
People want to pay a small fee per month to play any song whenever they want on any device as well as options for curated stations or stations based on their likes.
That's why Spotify took off and and iTunes continues to decline. Beats was never popular because its simply another Pandora which while before Spotify was the best option, now, all of these models fail. Why pay for Beats, Pandora, or iTunes Match, when I can get Spotify and have the best of both worlds. On Demand playing and curated playing.
Until Beats offers on-demand option it is destined to fail. Presumably it doesn't and won't offer that because then there would be far less profit for Apple. Spotify who does that model for instance has never made an actual profit. So maybe Apple hopes that eventually their business will collapse since it's not sustainable and then people will go to the next best thing which would presumably be Beats.
This seems more like a move aimed at uneducated investors rather than having any chance to take off.
People want to pay a small fee per month to play any song whenever they want on any device as well as options for curated stations or stations based on their likes.
That's why Spotify took off and and iTunes continues to decline. Beats was never popular because its simply another Pandora which while before Spotify was the best option, now, all of these models fail. Why pay for Beats, Pandora, or iTunes Match, when I can get Spotify and have the best of both worlds. On Demand playing and curated playing.
Until Beats offers on-demand option it is destined to fail. Presumably it doesn't and won't offer that because then there would be far less profit for Apple. Spotify who does that model for instance has never made an actual profit. So maybe Apple hopes that eventually their business will collapse since it's not sustainable and then people will go to the next best thing which would presumably be Beats.
But Apple doesn't have a monopoly on the mobile marketplace. Android is far more widely used.