dvv Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Launches June 30th Single Person - $9.99/Month Family Plan - $14.99/Month Also has a "Connect" feature which is similar to blogging where an artist you follow can share new music, photos, messages. What does everyone think so far? Very similar to other streaming services like Spotify and Rdio but I've always dug apples music service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm on the fence whether I'll pay for it after the free months. Did they say if it includes offline-downloading for mobile or is it streaming only? I'd prefer not to waste my data cap listening to music in my car. That's the main reason why I don't bother with Pandora/Spotify Mobile much. And as for the Connect- I doubt many of the artists/bands I listen to will even bother to participate. It really seems more like a "top tier/mainstream" feature. EDIT - Apple updated their site with an FAQ- and yes, offline saving/playback is included. It also says that Apple Music and iTunes Match are separate and complementary to each other. I can't really think of a reason why you'd need both... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyShackelford Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I love Spotify, my only complaint is that there isn't an app for Apple TV. If Apple music does as good of a job as Spotify, I'll be switching without thinking twice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moglog Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm just wondering if they'll have EVERYTHING in the iTunes store, like The Beatles. If so, I could see myself switching from Spotify too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 So this is just the ability to stream everything that's on iTunes, right? I wonder what the royalty setup will be like, and if artists will be able to opt out of streaming. Because, like, artists like the Beatles aren't on Spotify are they? If Apple had all that stuff it would be a huge advantage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 The people on the Macrumors forums are arguing about it, too. Apple's site says access to the tens of millions of tracks in the Apple Music Library, which people are saying could be different from the iTunes Store Library. There might be some omissions, but we won't know for sure until launch, I guess.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klefki Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'm down for this. I'm deep into the Apple ecosystem, and I put everything into iTunes. I plan on dropping Spotify, since I was never a huge fan of the app anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OU818 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 looks super lame, at least it will kill the cancer that is Spotify. Competition will hopefully improve Google All Access, especially in the UI department. Those rumors about Apple working with the big 3 to shepherd everyone into subscription streaming seem to be true, unsurprisingly. Poor Jay-Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarondltd Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Poor Jay-Z More like poor every other living artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbot_9000 Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 I'll try it. I can't imagine it'll have enough non-popular music for me to think it's worth $10/mo. *That sounds shitty and terrible. I just want non-top 40 stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brody Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 quality options?? typical apple to leave that unknown. prob will be 256 kbps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aarondltd Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 quality options?? typical apple to leave that unknown. prob will be 256 kbps... Yeah but some of that is "mastered for iTunes" I read about this a few weeks ago. Somehow music encoded in this way is then magically decoded to sound 24 bit! So it's basically lossless! Especially on iBuds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattcalamia Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 As long as the service doesn't suck — and I can't see it not being good — I'll be ditching Spotify for Apple Music. The big thing for me was being able to save albums for offline play, as I live in the city and listen to music on the subway. It has that so I'm basically on board already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bladew1ll1s1sdead Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 There's no Beatles on Spotify? I'm buying Spotify. bobby, vialister and nancy_raygun 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 spotify offers discounts for students or teachers etc. I'm only paying $4 for premium. but as mentioned no Apple TV app. but I just AirPlay it anyhow. I assume iTunes would like to get established before offering discounts but they have the money to do it now. spotify was a stand alone so I applaud it. I'm about saving money. in the end, streaming sites will pretty much be the same. not an audiophile so it's whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 I'm just wondering if they'll have EVERYTHING in the iTunes store, like The Beatles. If so, I could see myself switching from Spotify too. This is what I'm looking for too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptothedo Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Spotify will be hard to beat. I tried beats for 3 months when it offered the free trial and it was such crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
̮ ɤ ̮ Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 There's no Beatles on Spotify? I'm buying Spotify. They aren't on Apple Music either. http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/8/8745963/the-beatles-apple-music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brody Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Dumb. http://www.whathifi.com/news/apple-music-bitrate-reported-to-be-256kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Looking forward to the free trial. Ditched spotify about a year ago because is just fucking sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Looking forward to the free trial. Ditched spotify about a year ago because is just fucking sucked. What didn't you like about it? I love spotify Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
llamaface Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Looking forward to the free trial. Ditched spotify about a year ago because is just fucking sucked. Yeah, I'm with Will. I've got no problems with Spotify. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcha Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Is this going to come as a downloadable app? Or part of some sort of software upgrade for iPhone users? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc32137 Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Is this going to come as a downloadable app? Or part of some sort of software upgrade for iPhone users? It's a whole revamped music app that's part of iOS 8.4. So I'm still confused about the whole Apple Music/iTunes Match stuff, but I think I sorta understand it a little better. From what I read this morning, they both have the same basic feature, but I think Apple Music will only match songs in that service's library. So for example, if you had a low-res Beatles album, it won't match with Apple Music, but it will with iTunes Match. I could be totally wrong, but that's the only way I could see them saying the two services work independently but complementary with each other. I guess we'll all find out tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliminator Jr. Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 What didn't you like about it? I love spotify I still use it at work, so my harsh sentiment towards spotify wasn't all that serious. I ditched it because I purchased the 5 bucks a month subscription about two years ago and when they dropped that subscription mode (there's only free or 10$ a month since) I wasn't able to use mobile devices ad-free anymore. I felt it was pretty rude and unjustified to just change things up without telling the customers. I didn't feel like giving in to their methods so I cancelled my subscription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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