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where does everyone get music from? (legally)
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No weirder than me not using my iPod when I run.
OP: Friends, then Amazon, then iTunes
Ive said it before, Apple needs to offer something like the zune pass for their devices. I bought my zune just for it, you pay 15 bucks a month. One day after starting my subscription I had over 1500 songs on it, and you don't have to worry about payong to download something you don't like because its unlimited. And you keep ten songs per month. One thing that MS got right.
Try rhapsody, it's pretty cool. They have an iPhone app. It's unlimited music streaming and it has a 7 day free trial- you can download your songs to your device for listening later or just stream from the net.
there used to be a workaround to get it in the US, and it was glorious...didn't even have to pay unless you wanted to listen on your phone as well, so I could listen to whatever I wanted on my computer for free (albeit with the occasional ad).
However, once I got my zune and windows phone, I signed up for zune pass, and it is awesome. Heres to hoping that Microsoft brings it out on iOS someday...they've said before that they are looking to build it into an ecosystem, not just a device, but that they're gonna focus on their own devices first...and with the recent decision to stop selling Zune players, Apple devices seems the next logical step for them
That's actually exactly what Spotify offers - a monthly fee and you can download to your phone for off-line listening. AFIAK, it downloads in a proprietary format though and I'm not aware of it ever being cracked
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It's a grey area I agree.
It's a great service though.
The app is only available through Cydia on jailbroken devices, and the monthly fee is $9 per month, but currently you can get 1 year for only $20 with the proceeds going to the red cross : http://t.co/97A54Na
LoganT said:
It's a grey area I agree.
It's a great service though.
The app is only available through Cydia on jailbroken devices, and the monthly fee is $9 per month, but currently you can get 1 year for only $20 with the proceeds going to the red cross : http://t.co/97A54Na
Pandora, like most. For the rest I subscribe to Rdio ($10/month) very similar to Spotify, Rhapsody, Napster, etc. You pay a flat fee and can listen to whatever you want, and yes you can store songs on your iThing so you can play them if you have no network connection. From time to time I do buy a song here and there on Amazon or iTunes but it is very rare these days. I think the all-you-can-eat streaming services are the future of music to be honest.
iTunes and i buy CDs off Amazon on the cheap. Never downloaded a MP3 of Amazon though.....maybe i should later.
Its spring/summer. Yard sales. Laugh all you want to. But you can get CDs there for like 15 for $2. While they may be older music, its a hell of a lot cheaper than $9 a CD on iTunes.
But if I'm looking for a mere song, I'll stop by beemp3.com and dig it there.
But if I'm looking for a mere song, I'll stop by beemp3.com and dig it there.
I've always been a big fan of the iTunes store since my first iPod years ago. But I believe rhapsody will let you pay a monthly fee to download their music. Or at least they used to.
microsoft still does it...you can download onto your zune device and your pc with zune pass, as well as stream over the internet. Download for a monthly fee is a very popular business model...thats what zune pass is, thats what napster is, thats what spotify premium is...the list goes on
