Actually,
Let's be very clear here. I actually love the openness you get with
Android. In fact, in some ways, I like it a bit more than Apple. this
however said, the way I see it is like this: Apple is great for some
things, and Android is good for others.
I actually think it's awesome how Apple did their whole thing with Apple
Music legistically. Think about it this way.
You've heard about this new band who is hot on the radio. They're not
typically your style, but you're willing to have an open mind. So, what do
you do? You go find them in ITunes, and you stream the album totally for
free. You can do it unlimited amount a times, 1 time a day, or 10 thousand!
times a day. OK, fine, smart alak, you can't get 10000 plays in one day,
but you get my point. Point being, you're never! never never ever ever
obligated or require to buy it. If you like it enough, and feel it is worth
it, and you really want to support the artist, and you really want to buy
the album, then buy it! What if an album goes out of print before you have
that chance? Well, that's justa risk you take. Most things though don't go
out of print unless there's a really good reason for it, so that really
isn't a completely logical excuse. It kind of is, I'll admit, but not
really.
I see both sides of this. I know that people want to own their music, but
think of it this way. Technically, you don't own the music anyway. You
don't own the copy rights on it, do ya? So, technically speaking, I know
this is going on a major stretch, but is it really your's? No, it's not.
Chris.
----- Original Message -----
From: "christopher hallsworth" <challswor...@icloud.com>
To: "macvisionaries" <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Downloading from Apple Music library
May I kindly therefore suggest you leave the Apple ecosystem and go with a
system like Android or Windows? When you buy an Apple product, you have to
agree to "their" terms and be in their ecosystem. Don't like it? Don't agree
to "their" terms, sell or return your Apple products and go for a more open
platform. Chris, myself and others, even my friend of ten years this
October, love Apple very much and will always stick by them. Sorry, I just
can't understand the complaints of such a new service and the ecosystem
altogether, especially if they themselves are on an Apple list. Just my
£0.02 worth.
Visit my groups:
The Chat Zone
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The Tech Zone
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Apple Music
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On 3 Jul 2015, at 22:28, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I suppose next, you're going to tell us how to get a copy of jaws totally
for free illegally! Oh, come on! It won't hurt to steel from the
company! Rauight! Smirk?
Never mind my major! sarcasm.
Chris.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shaf" <shafpa...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 9:35 AM
Subject: Re: Downloading from Apple Music library
+1.
I've tried cracking the DRM with stuff like Sound Taxi with no luck.
They've apparently modified/strengthened the DRM protection which sucks,
but somebody will come up with a workaround soon.
95% of my offline music collection is in FLAC. I cannot comprehend
depending on streaming services to deliver my music. £10 per month is
ridiculous - and I don't own a local, non-protected copy of any of my
tracks while I am subscribed.
Streaming music appeals to many because they think they're getting a
good deal and don't have to torrent stuff all the time. Same thing with
Netflix. If people are happy with that then it's really their choice,
but why wouldn't you want to own a local copy of material? What if the
internet dies, you're capped, you have a slow connection etc?
Finally, if I want to support an artist I'll make an effort to meet them
and find alternative ways of donating to them, rather than purchasing
from a company who takes a 30% cut of the funds. That is just wrong, and
same goes for developers who make incredible apps and are forced to
upload their apps in the app store. Apple don't deserve 30% of a cut.
Not even payment gateways take that much.
-Shaf
On 7/3/2015 2:24 PM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote:
DRM is evil. Apple DRM is no exception, even if they’ve probably
invented the least annoying kind of DRM there is, it’s still DRM and it
still restricts you, all in the name of artificial market
differentiation. Which is wrong, and evil.
As to Apple Music, I can see myself using it for discovery, but I’ll
never allow my library to become tainted with the content. It’s just too
great a risk, for me and I think for others; if streaming becomes popular
and therefore exclusive, music ownership will be lost forever. Also, it’s
fairly well known that streaming and rentals don’t help artists nearly as
much as purchases, because there’s fierce competition on the margins and
of course the listening tastes of listeners are not nearly as uniform as
one might hope for the artists.
So, yes, very awesome, but let’s not forget what this is about: you’re
paying for a closed service that will end when you stop paying for it.
Online or offline, indistinguishable from the real thing or not, the
service is either a way for you to stay locked in, or a way for you to
purchase songs. And it’s all thanks to DRM. I’d have hoped for a
thousand other different models that reconciled reality with market
desires, perhaps involving lossless formats or automatic purchases of
offline downloads, but there it is. Please don’t fall into the trap of
thinking you own anything you listen to on Apple Music.
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