Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
Originally Posted By: Undertaker
...That's true. But I really doubt whether it's actually $19.99? My problem is not about the money, but the fact that I would not have the freedom to choose what I can listen to. Don't you agree?


Uhhh no.

Clarifications:

- when I said Apple Music was worth $19.99 a month my point was that I would pay ten bucks a month MORE than the asking price and still be satisfied.

- some folks don't seem to realize that you can permanently download any iTunes album or single to your mobile device or computer and play them from it if you choose not to stream. The only caveat is that you cannot burn them to CD.

- we have no data issues with streaming audio. We stream daily and it hardly makes a dent in our AT&T small shared 5meg monthly plan. Video eats up the data not audio. We love streaming. If we are listening to an album or playlist on our living room audio system streaming from my iPhone and then leave...the music picks up in the vehicle right where where we left it. Same thing when we are mountain biking.

- the curated playlists and stations on iTunes are IMO far superior to pandora. And if like us you have a large iTunes library (we have 9K+ songs) then the stations and playlists are able to base their songs on the usual variables plus what you have listened to and purchased over the years. Their ability to find an artist whom you are not familiar with but will like is uncanny.

All of those features including owning every freakin' thing in the iTunes audio store is $9.99 a month. And yes they pay the artists more than the other streaming entities.

Again 30 cents a day for folks like us who love and listen to music all the time it's a heckuva deal. Reckon I'm just a 70 year ole phart trying to live out on the digital cusp smile

Bud


Hey Bud,

Thanks for detailing it out. 30 cents a day isn't too much and Pandora is negligible in front of iTunes directory. It's just that I was disappointed with the fact that I would have to pay for something I've been using for FREE. laugh