Yep. After that photo of an Apple designer on Jony's jet on the way to Paris leaked his Instagram account went private. Kind of boneheaded thing for this guy to post.
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Sony Music CEO Confirms 'Apple Music' Unveiling at WWDC
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Yep. After that photo of an Apple designer on Jony's jet on the way to Paris leaked his Instagram account went private. Kind of boneheaded thing for this guy to post.
This service better have a social component and be cross platform. iTunes is so I don't see how this will be any different. They should release it Android as well. It's an opportunity to grab some of that market.
Also that social component is spotify's ace in the hole. It seems pointless but it's what pulls people in.
Also that social component is spotify's ace in the hole. It seems pointless but it's what pulls people in.
But don't you think the guy would know not to do that if in fact Apple DID tell him specifically not to do what he did? I'm sure he will be fine.
I do, and now you know. For me, it is simple convenience.. I do not have to use up my data every time I want to listen to songs. It is that simple for me. I pay once, download the song, and use it on any device I want, and don't care if I have internet or not.
This new streaming service may be good for a lot of people, and Spotify and many others are there to vouch for it, but streaming is just not for me. Or it may be that I am aloof to the advantages of streaming.. any which way, I can't seem to digest the data requirements for streaming and hence do not think it is worth it, for me.
I currently use 1GB on the iPhone and it is enough for when I move out of office. I do not even have to care if I am getting a reliable high speed connection, as long as mails come through. With streaming, if I have to listen to music, I will have to have a connection that is active, and would it not consume more battery in that case?
I have an unlimited internet supply at home, and office, and can maybe use streaming in such instances, but what about the times when there is service disruption? Simply means music disruption, no? Am I missing something here about the concept of 'streaming music'?
It is possible that Apple under the new leadership looks at things and issues a tad less impulsively. Also, it is possible that the Sony CEO may be given a piece of mind about the reveal, intentional or unintentional.
I don’t do either. I buy the CD or CD single on Amazon and rip it to my HD.
I agree but for me I'd rather not pay someone $10mo to download music from their service. Way easier and more in line with the market to buy music on from any number of sites for like $.05 per song and stream it from my own WD Cloud server or even from any number of my own online clouds like Google, Amazon, etc.
Agree. Again, why pay for a service.....MP3Million, Ivave, etc. all have current music for pennies and then I can own it and stream it from my own source for 1/100th the cost
Even though I don't care about streaming music, that would be a VERY welcome thing to see. That's a game changer.
In Canada, buying an album is either 12.99 or more for the deluxe edition. Songs are 1.29 now. So for 10 bucks a month, I get all the music I want where 10 bucks really doesn't get me an album now-a-days. I just rather have a built in music app and give Apple my money rather than some yahoo in sweden or give google more info about me.
There seems to be a lot of conflict of whether streaming is good or not, and it really depends on who you are. If you buy music frequently, you always have access to the Internet and data is not an issue to you, then streaming can be really useful. However, if you don't buy music that often, or maybe have limited data/no access to it, streaming can be useless and a waste. As data becomes available everywhere, and high data plans become cheaper, the market and demand for streaming will grow.
Without an Apple TV announcement i wont be watching it this year. And to be clear an enhanced version of OS X or iOS does not interest me. I don't own a never plan to own
an Apple Watch so that doesn't interest me.
Hello! I'd rather have all of my music available whenever, wherever instead of relying upon streaming it from some service. You also can't stream music to an iPod Classic.
Oh and streaming music doesnt interest me either. But an ATV announcement would be great...and didnt god-stevej say a few years back they had this cracked? The bottom line is the TV industry is not going to give away their content to apple the way the music industry did so they're playing hardball with Apple....as they should. And I think people are delusional if they think that the cable companies are going to let Apple steal their business. They will unbundle just as Apple is unbundling. Apple is late in this game wheras in music they were not...they led that offering.
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Only major difference which will probably have me switching is telling siri to skip a song or play another etc...
Well, all the reports lately have said that Apple Music is going to be available to other places, not just the US. UK is part of it
I'm in the UK and Apple Maps is better where I am than Google Maps, which shows my area as just fields, as it was over 10 years ago. Apple Maps is showing it from about 6 months old.
Exactly this. It seems the US is behind the times! Also, most of the Yanks on this forum are oblivious to the fact that Apple have customers outside of the UK.....
Wow, maybe they should give up now. Tons of people pay for Spotify, etc, so why is it hard to believe that people won't pay for Apple Music?
Supposedly, the free tier is just iTunes Radio, with other streaming being on the paid side.
So, you're ignoring people that use Spotify, Beats, Pandora, Rdio, Deezer, Google Play, Amazon Music, Xbox Music, Sony/PS Music...
If Apple wants to have a $10/mo music service, that's fine by me, but the existing iTunes Match service really should be made free, and the iCloud Photo's service should be separate from your iCould storage and offer free unlimited photo storage.... same pricing model as Google's services.
Apple Music is launching tomorrow. Samsung Music two days later.