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Report Claims Apple Considering Apple Music Price Drop
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Better get busy populating the US. Maybe when we have a billion people per square mile, they'll lower our prices too.
$9.99 is already so cheap when you consider how much music you get access to.
I get in theory lower prices are better, but at a certain point shouldn't we have a price that helps artists?
I'd also like to see the free tier on Spotify done away with.
Really with how much more convienent streaming services are than pirating now it isn't needed to lure people to legal options.
I get in theory lower prices are better, but at a certain point shouldn't we have a price that helps artists?
I'd also like to see the free tier on Spotify done away with.
Really with how much more convienent streaming services are than pirating now it isn't needed to lure people to legal options.
4.99 would be the sweet spot. I'm currently on a free trial period but comparing to Spotify it doesn't nearly engage me enough to discover new music or keep on easily accessible the recent music I do love. Apple music's UI is atrociois and I really hope Spotify holds out on being bought out. Apple needs that competitive drive again.
Everyone doesn't value music at the same level. I think my $15 Play Music/ Youtube Red family sub is a good value. For an occasional music listener, it might not hold the same value. Even someone who loves music might have it placed lower on their value scale. The cost of listening to ads might be where they have it on a value scale. We're all different.
Just realised that we had no report of subscriber numbers at the keynote. If they had been good, Cook would have told us.
I guess that growth has died, and Apple Music is now moribund. It doesn't surprise me in the slightest. People don't want to pay for glorified radio. They don't want to pay to rent music.
Steve Jobs was right.
I guess that growth has died, and Apple Music is now moribund. It doesn't surprise me in the slightest. People don't want to pay for glorified radio. They don't want to pay to rent music.
Steve Jobs was right.
Maybe next they will consider a price drop for the new MacBook.
The price is irrelevant in my case. I don't want a subscription. I want to own the music. Yes, I know the music companies don't think I own the music but when I download it from iTunes or get it on CD I have full control and that is what I want. With a subscription Apple can discontinue a band, album, song and I lose it. With my owning my music I don't lose it. I have music I bought back in the 1970's that I still listen too. Yes, long before CDs and iTunes. It's not available on those formats. If I had a subscription it would be lost.
Same. Used to buy 5-15 albums a month and now stream everything with an unlimited data plan.
Also previously had to airplay to my Apple TV. Now everything comes together nicely.
Or maybe they should just nix it altogether and freaking focus on IMPORTANT things like a new Mac Pro tower and iMac. GEEZ.
You should start thinking about building a Hackintosh, it's almost as if Apple wants you to do that.
I do. Call me pessimistic, but I don't trust the corporate world to provide ubiquitous internet and streaming services throughout my life. There's a certain reassurance in having all my music on my iPod Classic. I like the self-sufficient nature of that scenario.
I honestly don't understand the appeal of streaming music.
It drives up your data usage when you're not on a WiFi network.
Can't use it on a plane or anywhere else where there's no cell service or WiFi available.
I have to listen to songs I probably don't care for.
You have to pay a monthly subscription to listen to music. If you like a song, buy it for a buck and it's yours forever.
It drives up your data usage when you're not on a WiFi network.
Can't use it on a plane or anywhere else where there's no cell service or WiFi available.
I have to listen to songs I probably don't care for.
You have to pay a monthly subscription to listen to music. If you like a song, buy it for a buck and it's yours forever.
Apple Music is great for being able to hear the entirety of classical performances before deciding which ones to buy. There's no way you can judge a classical work by hearing 90-sec previews of tracks.
I'm 100% sure I've saved money by having the sub (which I also use to download stuff Apple Music recommends to me from other genres based on what it knows about my library) and not spending money on CDs where it turns out I don't care for some aspect of the performances. Now when I spring for the CD or the iTunes purchased download, I know exactly what I'm buying.
Not a big fan of streaming since I have erratic DSL sometimes and no cell service at my residence. I'd rather own my music, in fact, but for non-classical works I'm usually willing to risk eventual loss of the stuff I do just download from Apple Music. When that's not the case I move over to the store and buy it.
The price drop is nice but I'd keep paying what I'm paying now. I share sentiments of others who have expressed concern for adequate monetary recognition of the artists and writers.
I'm 100% sure I've saved money by having the sub (which I also use to download stuff Apple Music recommends to me from other genres based on what it knows about my library) and not spending money on CDs where it turns out I don't care for some aspect of the performances. Now when I spring for the CD or the iTunes purchased download, I know exactly what I'm buying.
Not a big fan of streaming since I have erratic DSL sometimes and no cell service at my residence. I'd rather own my music, in fact, but for non-classical works I'm usually willing to risk eventual loss of the stuff I do just download from Apple Music. When that's not the case I move over to the store and buy it.
The price drop is nice but I'd keep paying what I'm paying now. I share sentiments of others who have expressed concern for adequate monetary recognition of the artists and writers.
1. You can download to your device.
2. Same as above.
3. You don't have to.
4. Valid point.
I have a Spotify student subscription which leaves me with enough money to buy vinyl.
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Vinyl records. They have giant album artwork, lyrics, etc. and are lossless 99.9% of the time.
It's not just that, it's being able to discover new music so easily. That to me is worth $5 at least. Radio stations suck, YouTube is okay for discovering music but in the end it's hard to find a song I like.