No 'iTunes In The Cloud' for United Kingdom Until 2012

[G4DP]

The PRS are a waste of paper.

The fault lies on both sides. There is no 'British Record Industry' anymore. All of the major labels are massive multi-nationals. If both sides had wanted too, they could have sat down and done the deals all at once. Both sides were probably just being stubborn.

Yes the record companies can be stubborn, only to get the best deal for themselves and clients, it's what anyone would expect them to do. If it was the other way around and Apple were holding out for more money you lot would be cheering them on from the roof tops.

 

[G4DP]

I know the options on the ATV2 aren't great but are you having other problems with it??

i bought mine in San Fran, earlier this year. When it works its fine but i dont know weather its the ATV2 dropping the wifi of my BT hub?? Its a pain in the ass resetting the passwords all the time. We are moving in a few weeks so hoping for a better reception.

Mack, it's not the ATV, it's the crappy sub-standard home hub. Ours drops wireless signal to my wife's MacBook Pro all the time.

 

[OllyW]

I stand corrected ..still sits there and looks good ( I tell myself) but that is about it unless you go to the dark side of course !

I've got a 160GB 1st Gen and that was pretty naff until I Patchsticked it.

 

[JTToft]

Well, I can't say I'm surprised... Even movies on the iTunes Store is a joke in many countries. I Denmark, there is exactly one movie on the store - and that is a documentary on The Beatles!

The record companies and the film studios (and Apple for that matter) really need to get their act together if they expect people to continue buying their stuff. Purchasing content legally should not be this difficult!

 

[ablack774]

Same old story will Apple UK - crap & substandard ATV 2 services and now crap and substandard iCloud service.

Not only the services that put people off, it was also the price.
$99 = £101, How does that work? If they had made ATV say £79 it would have made more sence.

Lets face it we always get a raw deal if you dont live in the US. You get less services, for more money (yes, i understand it can be more expensive for shipping). But hey the stuff looks damn good!

 

[Bluethree]

I know the options on the ATV2 aren't great but are you having other problems with it??

i bought mine in San Fran, earlier this year. When it works its fine but i dont know weather its the ATV2 dropping the wifi of my BT hub?? Its a pain in the ass resetting the passwords all the time. We are moving in a few weeks so hoping for a better reception.

Funny I bought mine in my favourite Pasadena CA store and havent had real issues. Had to get a additional access point in for the airplay stuff which is cool and the Youtube can be flaky but that aside no other "technical problems". Lack of content ( I can blame Apple) this far down the line is my main grudge and having to stream from a MAC running iTunes ( the buyer knew) is the other. Hopefully the Time Machines v Home NAS type rumours will come to fruition on the latter.

 

[Levity]

Lame indeed. Once again the UK lags behind everyone in just about everything. Glad I emigrated.

Great, Jonathan Ive's coming home, I'll take that exchange any-day. That's what's great about Britain, all the useless people leave for good.

 

[Bluethree]

Not only the services that put people off, it was also the price.
$99 = £101, How does that work? If they had made ATV say £79 it would have made more sence.

Lets face it we always get a raw deal if you dont live in the US. You get less services, for more money (yes, i understand it can be more expensive for shipping). But hey the stuff looks damn good!

Yes bright and shiny should be a recognised medical condition on the NHS !

Price is defo an issue in the UK in the context of what you get against things like Western Digital Live etc at 2/3 price. That said the medical condition still forced me to part with my cash.

 

[Bluethree]

Just don't tell our colonial cousins that we are getting such a good deal on OSX Lion

 

[AdeFowler]

Totally expected. No worries though, it'll work properly by the time we get it. Who knows, my old AC/DC albums might even get updated

 

[ablack774]

Yes bright and shiny should be a recognised medical condition on the NHS !

Price is defo an issue in the UK in the context of what you get against things like Western Digital Live etc at 2/3 price. That said the medical condition still forced me to part with my cash.

I think its called Compulsive Apple Product Hoarding.

 

[RossMacca]

What's a United Kingdom?

 

[bushido]

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no biggy if u can use iTunes Match with a US Giftcard ... i hope

 

[aery]

Canada, please oh please don't lag behind the US for a year or 3 like the iTunes store or Netflix.

I really would love iTunes Match!

I'm really looking forward to iTunes Match as well. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to reach us in the North

 

[shurcooL]

I'm really looking forward to iTunes Match as well. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to reach us in the North

I don't care about iTunes Match, but I do want iTunes in the Cloud in Canada asap!

 

[res1233]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

 

[bushido]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

thats cuz ur too busy bitching about race issues with each other to this day

comparing spodify which is barely avb in any european countries to apple is crazy

 

[Roessnakhan]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

Perhaps I listen to too many tech podcasts, but I definitely hear a lot of complaints about Spotify (or equivalent) not being in the US.

 

[unlinked]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

I have seen plenty of Americans complaining about the cheap drugs in Canada and more than plenty of American software developers complaining about cheap Indian devs.

 

[Bluethree]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

Feck me Ted ( as a famous Irish TV priest once said) are you serious ? If Apple sells the products over here then they should include the same level of love and goodness. Thank you anyway for your kind words and thoughts

 

[OllyW]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

You lot had a right old moan when iOS 3 was released with MMS & Tethering but you couldn't get it in the USA.

 

[Bluethree]

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Europeans complain too much. Do you see Americans bitching about not having spotify? Not so much. Why? Because in America we don't have the same feeling of entitlement that has been plaguing Europe for decades, although it's a growing problem in the states too, to a much lesser extent.

And just to stop you complaining about your entitlement to the institution that is Father Ted and not getting it in your oasis of plenty....

Have some..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bn0wFvEJow&feature=player_detailpage

 

[deadkennedy]

icloud.co.uk selling for 5.600.000.000 Deutsch Marks

 

[aristotle]

Care factor zero about the UK. What about Canada? I care more about Canada getting the re-download feature for purchased music than iTunes Match.

 

[johnnyjibbs]

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What gives? Music industry: lame and backwards as usual... Who suffers? The consumer...