besides NPR when did you last listen to any of the FREE stations on your Advertising based car radio...
yep thats what I thought
Ads =/= Free
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besides NPR when did you last listen to any of the FREE stations on your Advertising based car radio...
yep thats what I thought
Ads =/= Free
That's because it's not trying to be like Spotify. Spotify is a paid service to listen to whatever you'd like. Iradio will be like Pandora with the ability to purchase songs right then and there without having to make another account with a different company.
I would rather own my music.
I want the ability to here songs that I might be interested in without ads. Ads just don't seem very "apple" indeed cook said the only reason they would do ads would be to benefit developers. I would like for apple to remove ads for iTunes Match subscribers.
Like I said in my original post, I accept these are rumours and am happy to wait until WWDC to see what the real thing is like
i listen to talk shows (for whatever those are worth to you) all the time during my morning commute, if for nothing else then to stay awake... I don't pay a penny for doing that no matter what the station is, and if I don't like something I turn it of... so it is very much FREE to me... (still confused by your comment)
NPR's not free, either. Unless you're outside the US, you're sending them a regular check, even if you don't listen to it.
And what would the business model be? Apple isn't a charity. Everything comes at a cost, be it hidden or upfront.
But wait! Where are all the Google haters? Oh, that's right, when Apple uses your information to offer free services, only then is it ok.
For the record, I don't like Google doing it and I will think it's a bad idea if Apple does it. At this point, it's looking like a Pandora clone, which means that I won't end up using it. Was hoping for something more like Spotify, but from Apple.
I guess we will see what comes of this, like others have commented, maybe this has some integration with iTunes match.
I'm pretty sure they can do what they want when they want. It maybe only available next week in the iOS7 betas.
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Nothing is free. Stuff cost money.
This statement confuses me:
If I purchase a song I hear, through iTunes, doesn't that already give me a download (or the ability to download it, from the cloud) to my device? And listen to it on any device? And own it forever? What does paying for iTunes Match have to do with it?
If I purchase a song I hear, through iTunes, doesn't that already give me a download (or the ability to download it, from the cloud) to my device? And listen to it on any device? And own it forever? What does paying for iTunes Match have to do with it?
Spotify also offers a free service that already offers exactly what, apparently, Apple is going to offer with their iRadio.
And yes, if you like songs, you can buy it - or stream it, later, for free.
This sounds exactly like a service that is meant to be somehow innovative, but not that innovative that it is going to compete with iTunes.
I think they just mean that it will be seamless - IE - you won't have to leave the app, etc. You can buy a track from iRadio and it will be added to your account without having to go into iTunes?
another button for a service I (don't use) and won't be able to remove. I know I know, I can tuck it in to a folder, but I happen to be a neat freak
Who says it's not going to be implemented in the Music app?
I find it odd/ironic/weird that for streaming music content, Google went with a paid model and Apple is going to use an ad based model.
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Not to mention, presumably no way to turn it off or remove the app from your device!
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I'd imagine that there's going to be some hook into that if you're a match subscriber, and you hear a song on iRadio, there will be some option to get it into your library to access at anytime. Right? There will have to be some level of ad based/paid content management. Can't imagine these will be standalone products.
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But wait! Where are all the Google haters? Oh, that's right, when Apple uses your information to offer free services, only then is it ok.
Not to mention, presumably no way to turn it off or remove the app from your device!
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I'd imagine that there's going to be some hook into that if you're a match subscriber, and you hear a song on iRadio, there will be some option to get it into your library to access at anytime. Right? There will have to be some level of ad based/paid content management. Can't imagine these will be standalone products.
Think I might like this. Yes, ads are annoying, but free music with instant purchasing sounds good to me.
I think you can safely assume that buying the song you are listening to will be no more than one tap away.
It doesn't matter if you're a Match subscriber or not, because you can always re-download purchased songs.
Perhaps the offering might look like this:
Free = Pandora
Paid = iTunes Match + Spotify
That would make sense on all fronts, no?
Free = Pandora
Paid = iTunes Match + Spotify
That would make sense on all fronts, no?
No.
iTunes is all about owning music and not streaming it. End of story (for now). You want control, you buy it.
I'm just curious (not trying to start anything - sincerely) but do you think other members on this forum share your enthusiasm when it's Apple but yet have the exact opposite reaction when it comes to google's services.
I see a lot of forum members in other threads "condemning" google for some of their ad-based services even though they provide those services for free.
That being said - as another poster wrote earlier. I do find it interesting (though not surprising) that Apple is going the free but ad-based route vs google which is going the paid and commercial free route.
No.
iTunes is all about owning music and not streaming it. End of story (for now). You want control, you buy it.
The very fact that we're posting in an "iRadio" thread is a pretty good indication that the paradigm of iTunes being dedicated to purchased music only is over.
One way or another, streaming music via ad based or subscription based models is the future. The question is, which model or combination of models, not "if".
Of course there will always be the option to purchase tracks for local storage and consumption, but it is not the way that most people will enjoy their music going forward. iTunes Match already streams songs from the cloud to your device. Whether you pay for the song itself or a subscription to license the streaming of the song is a business decision for Apple and the customer to make.