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Report Insists Apple Will Eliminate iTunes Store Music Downloads in Future

ok, I will make sure I have all my music downloaded and saved on my PC. Just in case.
 
Fall Under Cerulean Kites said:
Why? Unless you’re speaking of bit-torent-style downloads. In which case, your reaction is entirely understandable.

People stream now and don’t download nearly as much. Most people have interenet connected devices. It’s entirely plausible. Especially if it pushes revenue towards a (more profitible?) streaming service. Music is not an industry that I’d want to be in though - in any capacity.
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Most people don't want to waste DATA streaming music. Most people prefer choice.
 
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amirite said:
I'm surprised so many people on here are clinging to the old model. Where you upset about losing the floppy and the CD too? What is so great about "owning"* your music in digital format? I understand the draw of physical media but the only difference here is you pay a flat $10/month. If it's because you can't access the Internet everywhere you're in a fast-shrinking minority.
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Music is a very personal thing and some of us want permanent access to the songs we love most.

This has been the case with me since I first taped Duran Duran off the radio as a kid in the 80s. Don't try to convince us; it is you who doesn't get it. Renting the music is NOT THE SAME.
 
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Who even blows money on non-physical music?? What a waste of money, especially when you can get it so easily elsewhere. If I'm going to buy music, it'll be a CD or record I can display and use, not easily available digital files.
 
I wish I could get paid to make unfounded, speculative predictions all day. The iPhone 8 will beam music directly into your ear canal, OR......it wont. PREDICTION!
 
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amirite said:
I'm surprised so many people on here are clinging to the old model. Where you upset about losing the floppy and the CD too? What is so great about "owning"* your music in digital format? I understand the draw of physical media but the only difference here is you pay a flat $10/month. If it's because you can't access the Internet everywhere you're in a fast-shrinking minority.
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I can't use Apple Music because it won't let me download music to my 12 and 9 year old iPods. :D
 
Cameront9 said:
I think you're out of the loop--iTunes music downloads are DRM free and have been for years now. You own them. You can do whatever you want with them. You're not pirating if you burn to a CD and re-rip.
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If they were truly DRM free.. they wouldn't contain "Purchased by" in the file info and would play just fine if added to my other iTunes account.. which they don't play at all unless I authorize the computer with the previous account. So...
 
JackANSI said:
If they were truly DRM free.. they wouldn't contain "Purchased by" in the file info and would play just fine if added to my other iTunes account.. which they don't play at all unless I authorize the computer with the previous account.
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They are DRM free and will play on anything that supports AAC files, even non-Apple devices.
 
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OllyW said:
They are DRM free and will play on anything that supports AAC files, even non-Apple devices.
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Except if you are trying to use iTunes as the player with a different account... therefore there is still DRM in there by definition.
 
There are still too many times a person wants to listen to music without internet access. I'm not going to pay for in-flight wifi just to listen to music and that is the majority of the times I listen to my iTunes music.
 
OllyW said:
They are DRM free and will play on anything that supports AAC files, even non-Apple devices.
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The issue here is Apple won't allow the files to download from their systems if you don't authorize.

For example, you had synced a friend's DRM free music to your iPhone, and then erase all content and restore from an iCloud Backup. It's going to ask you to enter your friend's Apple ID and password, but that's to REDOWNLOAD the music from Apple. If you hit cancel and then sync the songs from your computer it won't ask you again.

This makes sense, and is I believe the issue that person was talking about.

EDIT: Also, note that you can strip the header off this music and create a completely anonymous file, using a tool like ffmpeg. Apple will even Match that file in iTunes Match. But at that point you might as well just pay the $1.29. C'mon. :)
 
laurim said:
There are still too many times a person wants to listen to music without internet access. I'm not going to pay for in-flight wifi just to listen to music and that is the majority of the times I listen to my iTunes music.
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So save the music for offline listening? So many misinformed people in this thread who don't understand how all modern streaming services work. You can save music offline. Spotify has done this for many years, Apple Music launched with the feature.
 
topgunn said:
Back to buying CDs, I suppose.
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Good luck with that, the format as a whole is dying too...
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phillipduran said:
If it happens, that will be the day I stop using Apple as my music source.
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Good luck with the "exclusive" itunes bonus tracks.
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Ger00 said:
It's just a matter of time...
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I agree.
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satchmo said:
I see a resurgence in physical media happening in the future. The cloud is here to stay, but I think because of security and Skynet (and nostalgia) vinyl, CD, print, USB will always be around.
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On a certain minimum degree? yes, they will be anyways Streaming is now the way things are going...and nope i don't see any physical media resurgence, streaming will be stronger
 
EEMAN13 said:
Pretty much all companies in all fields are moving towards the payments for life system where you own nothing. Car manufacturers are investing money in car sharing/renting, Adobe wants you to rent their software and never own it, phone companies want you to rent a phone forever, and eventually I suspect music providers will want you to rent music too and not even have the chance to "own" it. There are probably many more examples in other industries that I cannot think of off hand, but I'm sure others can chime in.
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There will always be people who can and will crack any system so I am not worried about this decision one bit
 
GreyOS said:
So save the music for offline listening? So many misinformed people in this thread who don't understand how all modern streaming services work. You can save music offline. Spotify has done this for many years, Apple Music launched with the feature.
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How would that be different than how iTunes works now? I'm definitely not interested in constantly having to re-save songs to my iPhone before every trip because the last save evaporated.
 
OllyW said:
Why do you think that?
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Because you can only put music that you own on those. If you can only stream from Apple Music, you cannot add the songs you download from it to a non-iOS iPod. I use Apple Music and have added dozens of albums to my iTunes library, but my wife cannot add those songs to her iPod shuffle....she can add them to her iPhone, but does not like to use it while running.
 
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