has storing data at home and then syncing regularly become so passe that people cant do it anymore? I continue to hear people complain about data usage and not being able to stream or cloud sync or whatever because of carrier costs. I have quite a large library, I just sync the phone regularly without issues. Am I old school? I dont have to have access to all 2TB of my music collection, I simply make smart playlists that change often due to their settings and sync away. it takes maybe 2-3 minutes of my time to sync. Heck, I even plug in to sync, oh know, so old school right?
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Thank you carriers, for making iTunes Match Useless!
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Agreed. But at the same time, who didn't see this coming down the pipe? I sure did. Which is why I went from a 16gig to a 64gig. iTunes match is one of those products that I can see being the result of:
"Welcome to this quarters <insert important sounding meeting title here>. I'm "Buzzword Bill". Today, I'd like to focus on how we can better incorporate 'the cloud'..."
As someone in the tech industry with my hands on many different aspects, I can tell you right now that cloud offerings are typically oversold and underdelievered with many, many security implications left in the shadows. Every company is pushing cloud everything for understandable reasons but I can certainly forsee a much slower adoption rate than anticipated with several yet-unknown hurdles to contend with.
I'm not 100% sold on "cloud anything" just yet and without some serious revolutions to the concept, it will be years (if ever) before I'm sold.
"Welcome to this quarters <insert important sounding meeting title here>. I'm "Buzzword Bill". Today, I'd like to focus on how we can better incorporate 'the cloud'..."
As someone in the tech industry with my hands on many different aspects, I can tell you right now that cloud offerings are typically oversold and underdelievered with many, many security implications left in the shadows. Every company is pushing cloud everything for understandable reasons but I can certainly forsee a much slower adoption rate than anticipated with several yet-unknown hurdles to contend with.
I'm not 100% sold on "cloud anything" just yet and without some serious revolutions to the concept, it will be years (if ever) before I'm sold.
Yes, that to me is the real value. It uses zero space on my Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, or our old HP laptop. The phone part is not as useful, mostly because of the carrier restrictions.
I have found that most people that are so excited to use the cloud in some way and get all upset about data usage tend to be the people that benefit from it the very least. What do I use cloud services for? Usually scripts or bits of code that I have written that I want access to. its text, its small. If I dont have that 1 song with me on my phone, then I just listen to another song.
Your governments not in bed with the corps. There's a reason the average tax rate of corps in the USA is near 0
Thanks for pointing out why everybody clamoring for match to be a "streaming service" have no idea what they're asking for.
Once you download a song on match it sits on your device. So as long as you aren't routinely deleting and redownloading albums over your cell connection I don't see what the issue is?
I routinely wake up on wifi, decide I want to listen to something not on my phone, click the download button, shower, and by the time I leave it's sitting on my phone ready to go.
If you're routinely downloading the same stuff over and over again you're doing it wrong...
Once you download a song on match it sits on your device. So as long as you aren't routinely deleting and redownloading albums over your cell connection I don't see what the issue is?
I routinely wake up on wifi, decide I want to listen to something not on my phone, click the download button, shower, and by the time I leave it's sitting on my phone ready to go.
If you're routinely downloading the same stuff over and over again you're doing it wrong...
I loved it when I could just scroll through my songs and click the cloud download, taking that option away was a complete fail.
Because for people like the OP with 70GB+ of music, "increasing storage capacity" is not an option. It's not an option for somebody who has already purchased a phone either.
Face it, you can store more in the cloud than on a phone. That, and getting high-quality versions of your songs? I don't see a single issue with that, and it's completely worth 25 bucks a year. It's loose change per month.
i has 10gigs with att and its way more then enough and I use itunes match + pandora and all the other stuff all day every day I dont see people using 10+ gigs on a cell phone unless you are tethering
Since the September 28th, I've used 3.5 GB of data using iTunes Match because my work's wifi blocks the stream/download. I have a library of over 30,000 songs.
I have the unlimited data plan through AT&T I'm curious to see how the "stream" works after being throttled. I have a playlist that I generally play that is always kept on my phone of my "top rated songs" but I've just really been enjoying this new "streaming" feature so I can play whatever I want and stuff I don't listen to that often.
I personally didn't like how iTunes Match was set up previously, I'd basically have to try to guess what I might be interested in listening to later in the day because as I said, WiFi at work blocks the downloads from iTunes.
I agree carriers are ruining such a good thing it's sad how expensive it is...
I have the unlimited data plan through AT&T I'm curious to see how the "stream" works after being throttled. I have a playlist that I generally play that is always kept on my phone of my "top rated songs" but I've just really been enjoying this new "streaming" feature so I can play whatever I want and stuff I don't listen to that often.
I personally didn't like how iTunes Match was set up previously, I'd basically have to try to guess what I might be interested in listening to later in the day because as I said, WiFi at work blocks the downloads from iTunes.
I agree carriers are ruining such a good thing it's sad how expensive it is...
is it just me seeing this or has portably music made people music snobs? Like its cool to be a music snob. I find more people searching their collection for soemthing to listen to instead of actually listening. the number of people at the gym searching for the RIGHT song is ridiculous. People hitting next in the car all the time, search, search, search. Its as if people have to have that song to fit the moment cause the music touches and defines them blah blah blah.
But its not even like the old kind of snob that could tell the difference between a good song and a bad song, now a days its about finding what everyone else thinks you should be listening to. If you are constantly searching your library for something to listen to, you have a bad library and probably are a bad judge of what good music is for you.
But its not even like the old kind of snob that could tell the difference between a good song and a bad song, now a days its about finding what everyone else thinks you should be listening to. If you are constantly searching your library for something to listen to, you have a bad library and probably are a bad judge of what good music is for you.
I have a wide variety of different music I like to listen to. I'm more of an "album listener". I like to listen to full albums of an artist sometimes it's hardcore sometimes it's alternative, sometimes it's rap... I've always been really big into music and remember the days where I'd buy a CD and burn a copy to keep in my car... I had 3 folders of CD's I had to flip through to listen to something. I really appreciate the portable feature of my library now.
but having a large library and appreciating music doesnt mean that you are constantly searching. I have a very very large library. With a few smart play lists, I always have something that fits the mood. I rarely ever use pandora and thats mostly when others are around to appease their need for whatever is the hit of the day.
Im just saying, it seems like its cool to appear to be picky about music but in reality most people just have no idea about music.
Im just saying, it seems like its cool to appear to be picky about music but in reality most people just have no idea about music.
so true.
"yeah make em pay whatever you want..take away real unlimited.. idc.. just keep charging them our extra taxes"
I can see what you're saying, yeah I don't find myself searching much either. Smart playlists are definitely the way to go, I love the Top Rated.
i havent tethered this month and im at 11 gigs with verizon.
its easy to do with netflix.
Well at least apple gives you the option to add a 64 gig external micro sd card full of music to your iphone.......
Doh!
70gb for songs!
Sorry but I am GLAD they will throttle you! This is not YOUR network to clog up with you overgrown music collection! Cull out your Joan Baez collection and give us all a break!
You really sound more like you are bragging!
You clearly don't understand the OP's point. You shouldn't let YOUR reading comprehension skills (or lack thereof) pigeon hole you into making uninformed comments.
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Don't waste data on streaming your music collection. Get a 64 GB iPhone and most of your collection is at your fingertips without worrying about your data use. That's what I did with my iPhone 5.
Yeah I've always wanted slow extra capacity with the chance of corruption if taken out improperly. I've always also wanted a much heavier and fatter phone at the expense of a MicroSD tray. I also have always wanted my files to be scattered among two separate partitions that make the experience inconsistent due to vastly varying technologies.
Doh!
How about that wonderful future where you never have to connect your phone to a computer or anything else? I buy the music on my mac, I pick up my phone and it's there, or I pick up my iPad and look at my music and tap and album and it downloads before I get my car keys and head to the coffee shop. Yes I wish Match was a digital locker for my music but it's more of a universal master list. It works well for the lazy people (I used to sync my phone maybe once every other month) but not so great for the heavy rotation people that constantly want different music.