Are you sure about that?
Adele's 21 has sold over 30 million copies, I don't think 1989 has sold anywhere near that many.
I think you are correct, Adele holds the top selling album in recent decade. And Frozen (Disney) had the 2014 record.
Are you sure about that?
Adele's 21 has sold over 30 million copies, I don't think 1989 has sold anywhere near that many.
Ah, wait. You can only stream in HD what you have BOUGHT in HD. The top rental quality is still lossless CD.Whoa! Qobuz now has 24-bit streaming since it seems a few days. I missed that one.
Sure. When you look at Maps and iCloud you could really worry about their internet services. But the iTunes Store and App Store seem to be doing quite well.
Also, Maps usage has gone way up by just being default in iOS. Lastly, even if you think the team at Apple didn't have it in them to create a streaming service, they've acquired a ton more people with Beats. So they've got brilliant software engineers, they're capable of creating internet services, and they've got people who understand the music industry, and can convince artists to get on board.
The result so far is they've announced a cross-platform service with more songs than any other streaming service. It might fail, but do you have a reason for it to fail, other than a "well, icloud is a big buggy sometimes" and possibly an anti-Apple bias?
Guys guys, you have it all wrong. Last year Apple introduced the Swift programming language. Since then they've been a bit frustrated that the top search results for Swift point to Taylor Swift.
So one Apple Music service and a fracas (thanks Jeremy Clarkson) with Taylor Swift later, SEO problem solved.
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This whole stunt was a PR move from the beginning.
This whole stunt was a PR move from the beginning.
Bam. Now if Apple gets The Beatles onboard with this, I'll drop Spotify like a hot rock.
It really did seem to happen all to easy on both sides. Apple never actually said they weren't paying anything during the free trial so they have some deniability.
Those were different times in music - when people actually bought Albums.
Taylor Swift's 1989 has sold more than any album in the past 12 years.
But, don't sway from your agenda - make sure you stick to it regardless of facts.
Crisis averted. Now, who is Taylor Swift?
Spotify are doing 2 months free.
Okay, so let's just say everything you're saying is 100% correct. What's wrong with Apple's methods or their indirect attempt at getting their products into the hands of many? They are in business to sell their product. Who can blame them? Do you honestly think Microsoft makes Mac Office to keep people on Macs? That's why Office for Windows has always (and still is) been more feature rich than the Mac version. Google dumb's down maps for iOS to get people to switch to Android.
That's not what I see. I see 3 months for $0.99:
https://www.spotify.com/us/premium/
That's the same deal that reeled me in at New Years - I thought it was a limited time offer; I didn't know it was still going on now, 7 months later.
Crisis averted. Now, who is Taylor Swift?
But is it really that huge? I'm pretty sure that most people that would care about this already own her album anyway.
But is it really that huge? I'm pretty sure that most people that would care about this already own her album anyway.
What do I know? I personally couldn't care less about Taylor Swift.
she really had no choose but to offer it after apple decided to compensate the artist from out their pocket, but I still think if she had her choose she wouldn't.She had to after that response from Apple. If she didn't she would've looked bad.
She had to after that response from Apple. If she didn't she would've looked bad.
Never realized the Apple TV version won't be available until fall. I wonder why? Doesn't seem to make a whole lot of sense.