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iTunes Music Store Turns 20 Today: 'Just 99 Cents Per Song'
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6 is actually my favorite, but 2-5 are all tied for 2nd for me
I remember this vividly and loved it. It was a sea-change in how we listened to music. But unlike streaming, everyone still had their own collections, and we'd still go over to someone's place to listen to new music, taking it all in together. It seemed magical.
Now, a gripe: Apple needs to give us a way to transfer our purchased music to a new or different account. If we paid for something, we should be able to relinquish our ownership interest and give it to a different Apple ID. As things currently stand, that purchased music is tied to the Apple ID you had twenty years ago, and that's not good.
Now, a gripe: Apple needs to give us a way to transfer our purchased music to a new or different account. If we paid for something, we should be able to relinquish our ownership interest and give it to a different Apple ID. As things currently stand, that purchased music is tied to the Apple ID you had twenty years ago, and that's not good.
Don't forget free songs on almost every Pepsi cap.
And you could see if it was a winner without opening it. Good times at 7 eleven
I think I remember Steve saying "we're going to be pumping out oceans of data with this" or something very similar. I doubt even he could imagine what "oceans of data" means 20 yrs on...
I've lost tracks because of this. In fact my wife has an iPod Nano with iTunes music on it that we can't play anywhere else because it is DRMed. Even when we transfer it to a computer, the tracks won't play because she doesn't know the account that they were purchased under. Talked to Apple support about it and they were pretty much like, sorry can't really help.
Best version of iTunes for sure. Used to be a fabulous program for a jukebox, they started to lose their way around iTunes 9 or so. I still have a computer set up with old iTunes as a music player. The integration in these old iTunes for buying songs was great but could be turned off easily. If you had ripped a CD or downloaded a song somewhere else and wanted to grab something else from that album/artist you could just click a little arrow next to it and find it on the store immediately.
Also 20 years old today is the iPod 3rd gen, the one with the red glowing buttons above the scroll wheel. Was a good unit for the time.
Also 20 years old today is the iPod 3rd gen, the one with the red glowing buttons above the scroll wheel. Was a good unit for the time.
I still buy albums for artists I want to support, but streaming is a great way to discover new music.
Do you miss how it looked or how much more intuitive it was to use!! Or both!!
At least they are bringing some sort of depth back to MacOS.....ehhh somewhat. I would appreciate it if Apple would just put the MacOS icons on iOS for this next update.
$0.99 is $1.62 in todays money, so still a good deal at $1.29 (I also see a lot of $0.99 at times that I buy).
I leverage Apple Music for discovery and I get out to see a ton of live music. The combo has greatly expanded my sonic spectrum. When I purchase music, it’s on vinyl. I really like the ability to steam [almost] anything or Shazam a song I hear out and about. Then, only purchase what really speaks to me. It’s the best of both worlds - my physical collection is curated while still enjoying discovery and growth.
Happy birthday iTunes!
Happy birthday iTunes!
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Damn, time flies. These were exciting times. I never forgot how great were live Keynotes by Steve. The anticipation and his delivery were the best.
Yeahhh I very much miss when Apple apps had colors to them and wasn't just monochromatic. I think they forget how giving individual icons colors actually can be great for usability and quickly finding what you're looking for.
I've actually started going back to this a bit, I'm trying to ween myself off of streaming services. Spotify is the only one that reliably will let me listen to music if I loose internet. I gave up with Apple Music, I'll download playlist after playlist or tv show after tv show, I'll test it before I get on a plane, the second I loose internet, suddenly iPhone forgot that I had downloaded any music or tv shows and will just sit there and spin...
But music I own, or movies I own that I backdoored into VLC will reliably work, so I'm heading back to that.
As an -- ahem -- older person, I really appreciate being able to easily keep up with new music and not fall into the trap of never moving beyond what my tastes were when I was in high school. What you appreciate about Apple Music is exactly what makes this easy. (That said: Depeche Mode, The Cure, and New Order are on the agenda this year; it may as well be 1989 again!)
When I could start buying the single songs that I wanted to buy, I stopped pirating music. I also remember when Pepsi ran the promotion that you could win a free song and you could tilt the bottle back and see if the cap was a winner or not, I got so much free music and Pepsi that year.
I still remember where we got itunes 8? in Sept and dashed our hopes of their ever being video on an ipod, and then exactly 1 month later they surprised us all with a full new release of itunes 9 (I think this was when they added video playback). Damn I miss fun surprises like that.
I know this an unpopular opinion, but I really like the newer flat style designs. I would go with the last one.
Oh definitely. The person I was replying to was using the 99¢ pricepoint to say they would need to buy 10 songs a month.
I am a "record collector" and buy music physically and digitally, have been for over 20 years. I do like Apple Music compared to other streamers in that there's better quality and consistency. I have my library separated between purchased and Apple Music albums. I've never been a song only person, I like to buy full records, but with Apple Music ill throw songs in a separate playlist for stuff I want to explore more.
I'd prefer if apple didn't go the generic route and change everything to "Apple Music", I liked iTunes. it's also a little annoying with the way its currently setup that there's not always good distinguishing way between purchased and streamed music added to the library. it would also be great if purchased music would also be able to get the High Quality Lossless versions as well. a nice feature would be to be able to easily purchase the album(s) you added from Apple Music if you wanted to keep them.
I'd prefer if apple didn't go the generic route and change everything to "Apple Music", I liked iTunes. it's also a little annoying with the way its currently setup that there's not always good distinguishing way between purchased and streamed music added to the library. it would also be great if purchased music would also be able to get the High Quality Lossless versions as well. a nice feature would be to be able to easily purchase the album(s) you added from Apple Music if you wanted to keep them.
anything in the top row, bottom row garbage design and garbage version of iTunes. the 3rd and 5th look nice.
I think the main thing different with Steve was that he knew what to do with his hands when he was talking and he didn't sound like he was reading a script. On the current Apple release videos, I'm completely distracted by their awkward hand movements and their script-reading delivery.
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