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Shazam Promotion Offers Users Up to Five Free Months of Apple Music
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Because some people don’t read the terms and or forget to cancel their trial before being billed. And those poor people who spend thousands on Apple hardware a year shouldn’t be held accountable for their own actions.
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Let Spotify live lol 😬
Apple is offering up to a five-month free trial of Apple Music to new users of the streaming service, with the promotion appearing in the company's Shazam music identification app.
Apple usually offers up to a three-month free trial of Apple Music to users who haven't subscribed to the service before, so this latest promotion represents one of its best deals yet.
To access the promotion, download the Shazam app on your iPhone or iPad, then identify a song that's playing in your environment by tapping the big Shazam icon in the app. After recognizing the song, you should see the option to play the track in Apple Music.
Tap the option and you should see the five-month free trial offer of Apple Music appear. Some users have also had success activating the promotion by opening Shazam's options screen and tapping the Apple Music banner.
According to Shazam's App Store page, the offer runs through January 17, 2021, and is available in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Canada, and other countries.
If after activating the deal you're not convinced, you can cancel your Apple Music subscription without losing your five months of access to the service.
Shazam is a free download from the App Store [Direct Link].
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How so? If I wasn’t mistaken, Apple was one of the better ones in royalty payments compared to the likes of Spotify.
Great. At least they are offering free trials to those who subscribed previously. Google gives you ice and winter if you already tried their music service. Even giving you nothing when you buy an expensive speaker or phone saying they will give you YTM for a year but if you ever had it you get nothing. Amazon does the same with their music service too.
I’ve done so many trials over the years just to see the state of Apple Music and it still doesn’t make me want to switch from Spotify.
On another note (I don’t know if this was already reported), they’re also offering 3 months for Apple Arcade with a new purchase of an Apple device. Got an iPhone 12 Pro yesterday and noticed the offer at the top in Settings.
On another note (I don’t know if this was already reported), they’re also offering 3 months for Apple Arcade with a new purchase of an Apple device. Got an iPhone 12 Pro yesterday and noticed the offer at the top in Settings.
All the music streaming services are so similar, I don't know why there'd be any expectation for people to switch between them. This isn't like video streaming where everyone has unique shows (and actually, there seems to be very little overlap between streaming services.)
How many people remain who haven't yet signed up for any of these services but will still end up signing up for one of them?
How many people remain who haven't yet signed up for any of these services but will still end up signing up for one of them?
Mine says 3 months free. And I don't find any "options screen" in Shazam, unless you mean Preferences. And no "Apple Banner" anywhere. Not sure why I would want Apple Music anyway. I have Amazon Music Unlimited, which provides about 70 million more songs than I ever actually listen to.
You know, I think that thing about drug pushers starting people on a little so they can sell a lot later is mostly myth. In my observation, drug dealers provide what people ask for and when their customers like what they buy, they naturally buy more, like anything else.
Don't worry the 5 months are just an illusion: when you click on it you will end up in Music where there are only 3 months.
Al least it's happening to me and to another friend of mine. And both of us never signed up for any trial, ever!
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Not sure but this didnt work for me. I cancelled immediately and now i dont have access to 3 months free service. I only got 3 months though i never trialled the service in the past.
Edit: Since i had never sub to the 3 month trial before so cancelling that cancelled the whole trial period for me. Then later i tried Shazam again it gave me 2 months of trial which as mentioned can be cancelled. Little pissed that i lost 3 months lol.
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Apple Music still doesn’t measure up to Spotify in terms of features. Namely, one feature in particular: Spotify Connect. It’s also supported on more platforms than Apple Music. I can seamlessly transfer a song playing on my phone to my Mac mini or my Xbox. There are even wireless speakers that support the feature.
Oh my god, thank you. I just saw a news story and they mentioned drug pusher. Drugs sell themselves. The idea of a "pusher" hunting down the innocent and victimizing people is old.