I see no use for this if it only works with purchases.About time someone says this.
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It sounds like it could have great potential and I'm certainly interested to see what all Apple will actually be doing/offering with iCloud. But, the part that confuses me the most is the idea of paying and having advertisements. Maybe it will be that if you use the "free" services then you will be served advertisements, or if you choose to go with a paid subscription then you get the additional offerings and no ads. I dunno, just speculation on my part.
IF these iCloud rumors are true...THEN yes, it would be a fairly prohibitive service (iTunes originated media only, bandwidth concerns/data caps, ads + user cost). The member's post in question, conveyed a VERY unquestionable perspective toward anything Apple, and I made light of the situation. Did I call him/her a "fanboy"? No. You are the one who's putrefying the conversation with personal jabs.
In regards to my sentiments on the iPad (which of course has NOTHING to do with your horribly failed attempt at mockery)...read my signature
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I haven't purchased a CD in several years that I can remember, but I haven't purchased all of my music from iTunes either.
You guys don´t think broad enough. Pay a monthly fee and be able to use (almost) EVERY song... like napster or that sony service that just got hacked with PSN.
If all the MobileMe stuff stays, or even gets extras, i´ed still consider paying it... but all in all, if you consider dropbox n such is free they better bring some more to the table.
If all the MobileMe stuff stays, or even gets extras, i´ed still consider paying it... but all in all, if you consider dropbox n such is free they better bring some more to the table.
Thats certainly true for most folks...however, there are those with capped broadband services (thank heavens not me yet).
Anyways, I dont see how this will really change much for folks like myself...why do I need my media stored via server, when its faster and cheaper to keep it locally? Disclaimer: Im not one of those who can brag about 200GB of Music and 2 TB of Videos...music library is only 10GB...my 32 GB iPad and iP4 are never completely full. When I upgrade devices, it will be much quicker to sync all that data over TB anyways.
Okay how do you prove to Apple that you are not uploading pirated files? If you are found to be uploading copyrighted material does Apple get sued like other services? Or are you saying that it's none of Apple's business what you upload onto their servers?
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iCloud app for iPhone already have the music tab. Looks like apple already working on it
iCloud app for iPhone already have the music tab. Looks like apple already working on it
That's a fair criticism. But in theory you're getting extra rights to the songs that you didn't have before. The right to stream them from a centralized server. And Apple has some costs in storage and network access to pass on.
i still purchase cd's
#1 I'm an old guy and like to touch physical media such as a cd or vinyl record.
#2 digital download files feel much more disposable like most current music offerings which seem to be flavor of the day.
I don't expect the youth of today to understand this. very sad indeed.
long live vinyl and cd's. digital downloads bad!!!!!
BTW, The only reason CDs haven’t gone the way of the floppy disk is because the record labels still make the most profit selling CD's. As for the public demanding CD's, the public never would have given up floppies if Steve Jobs didn’t kill them.
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I bought a CD recently. I want to have an infinite number of copies at whatever compression I want.
Same here. Buying CD's till its no longer possible. No iTunes for me, personal preference.
Wait, if iCloud supposedly replaces MobileMe, does it mean that we'll be getting the new @i.com email addresses instead of @me.com?
Fine by me.
Fine by me.