Lol I call that folder "junk"
Throw the stocks app too in there
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Ooh an apple apologist ... Heh
WEll I believe it's annoying to have these apps nobody wants
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Beats Music to Be Bundled Into iOS Early Next Year, Will Remain Paid Subscription Service
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Lol I call that folder "junk"
Throw the stocks app too in there
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Ooh an apple apologist ... Heh
WEll I believe it's annoying to have these apps nobody wants
How do you know people haven't tried it ? It seems you're the one jumping to conclusions. I tried it briefly when Apple first announced the acquisition of Beats, but didn't like it at all.
Whether or not it's "built-in" or a forced app, it's bloatware, along with at least 6-10 other forced apps/functionalities.
How do you leap from streaming service to iCloud ?
Look who's making assumptions now.
Actually it's more like Apple is turning into Verizon with their forced bundled apps on Android phones... Only difference? At least you CAN delete those apps!
I'm glad many of the initial comments are 'another app that I won't use a can't delete...' it really is annoying! I'm glad I plan on keeping the mini 2 on iOS 7 for now, and I use a Note 4 where amazingly we can disable preinstalled apps that we don't use. What's with Apple these days?
Who cares? Maybe I'm an old fogey, but I prefer to buy the music then sync it from my Mac - lossless of course, because lossy codecs sound ***** and steaming doubly-so.
Why not just replace iTunes Radio in the Music app with this? We don't need another bundled app that can't be delete. I mean I can Understand if You Hook Us all up with Free Subscriptions. Like when We Purchase a New Apple Product. That would be nice. Like PAGES & all them apps.
It is fairly obvious from some comments that the users bashing streaming services have not tried them, as they do not conceptually understand the offering or why someone would be interested in using it. They are basing their opinions almost wholly on their pre-conceived notion about the Beats brand. This is one reason why I believe that Apple will re-brand the service and drop the Beats name. There is simply too much baggage that it carries currently.
The original spirit of the term "bloatware" has been lost at this point, as people regularly use it to describe anything they do not like regardless of the utility or usage that other users may find therein. The term was originally coined to describe third party software that was loaded onto PCs (anti-virus, printer ink deals, etc) on top of the stock Windows OS image after the fact. This typically took place in retail settings and had no value to the end user. Do I agree that stock apps can't be deleted or hidden? No. Do I consider a new service or feature set being added to a stock app as "bloatware"? No.
My response regarding iCloud was intended to draw a parallel between services that Apple offers today and the streaming music service, as the poster I was replying to had made the claim that it is wrong for Apple to include software that has a subscription or purchase component. I.E. Plenty of this exists today in iOS, but no one really complains about it. They simply don't use it if they don't feel the need.
The vast majority of the replies in this thread are predicated on the notion that Apple is simply going to add Beats Music as a stock app to iOS that cannot be deleted. I do not believe this to be the case, and there is no evidence to the contrary at this point.
tl;dr - everyone needs to chill out until we really know what's going on.
You can assume whatever you want. Maybe you'll turn out to be right, maybe not. Based on Apple's track record I can't blame people for not giving them the benefit of the doubt. And if Apple really wants to push beats and "include" it, making it an optional download would defeat the whole purpose. Not to mention that Beats is already a free app, having it be a free download from the app store wouldn't be a change at all in strategy from what they're doing right now.
Not an iOS comment, but if they integrate it into iTunes on the OSX version I might switch from Spotify, who offers an OSX application that Beats currently doesn't.
I like Beats' playlists better I think, but the lack of a fully featured (the web player doesn't have all the features of the iOS version) desktop app drops it to a low second place behind Spotify for me.
I like Beats' playlists better I think, but the lack of a fully featured (the web player doesn't have all the features of the iOS version) desktop app drops it to a low second place behind Spotify for me.
I can't keep tack of all these different streaming services. I just want one that has all the songs, the ability to upload my own music into the cloud, excellent radio features, and a clean design on both desktop and mobile.
Thank god they increased the capacity of folders, so my junk folder can hold it.
How much space is now used up by Apple bloatware? Must be at least a GB lost....
As in IMPOSE / FORCE.
In the next keynote they can act surprised (wow) and tell us they couldn't be more happy with the extremely high percentage of iOS devices running the latest and greatest music streaming service in the entire world.
This is the perception that Apple needs to change. People have no idea what the service is or what it offers.
Yes, it has every genre of music with essentially every song and artist you could imagine. The curated playlists are great.
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Why do you people post such ignorance. Beats music is like spotify premium. They have all types of music not just "ghetto" music. You sound ignorant.
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It's not apples fault people are idiots.
Ghetto? That term is very misapplied for obvious reasons. Beats has all types of music actually and if you used the app you could see that for yourself.
I really hold people in contempt to instantly associate the term Ghetto with a musician who happens to be black. Should we use the term Redneck with country music and instantly associate that with carrie underwood just because she is why?
Sorry that your precious apple is no longer snow white.
Fix itunes instead
Why can't they just get streaming music right in iTunes? IMO:
- iTunes should be about music
- Bloatware should come out of iTunes including any phone syncing component not about music - including apps, photos, notes, tv shows, books etc. It just makes it all harder to use.
- iTunes should be a focussed music app at least as straight forward and easy to use as Spotify who apple is now chasing.
Why can't they just get streaming music right in iTunes? IMO:
- iTunes should be about music
- Bloatware should come out of iTunes including any phone syncing component not about music - including apps, photos, notes, tv shows, books etc. It just makes it all harder to use.
- iTunes should be a focussed music app at least as straight forward and easy to use as Spotify who apple is now chasing.
And some iOS 7 bugs were never fixed, iOS 8 was a mess out of the gate and it won't be completely ironed out by the time iOS 9 arrives with a new set of problems. Good thing Apple's not like Microsoft releasing buggy software.
I don't care if people forget about the OS I'm using. When they make iOS 9, it'll probably suck even worse on my phone.