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re: How much longer will iTunes last?

Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:01 am to
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38241 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:01 am to
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Pandora's stations are far better that Spotify's
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38241 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:03 am to
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Who needs all this crap.



those of us with an Iphone. Those of us without a memory stick or whatever else you use for your 5TB of music.
Posted by loweralabamatrojan
Lower Alabama
Member since Oct 2006
13286 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:05 am to
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Satellite radio is great when driving long road trips. You don't have to worry about making a bunch of playlists or messing with your phone while driving. Especially great if you are tired of listening to music and want to listen to talk radio(news, whatever) for a bit as well. Again...options

Also, the SiriusXM phone app can be used with any bluetooth device, so 4G at the beach with a water-resistant speaker happens often.
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19649 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:05 am to
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those of us with an Iphone. Those of us without a memory stick or whatever else you use for your 5TB of music.


I will admit that it is a downfall to not using streaming services that I have to choose about 7k of my 20k songs to put on my iPhone. I had a classic iPod (before they stopped making them) and it held ~75k songs. It was awesome.. but got stolen. Those frickers.
Posted by Dicky
Member since Jun 2017
668 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:06 am to
Well, sounds like SiriusXM/Pandora is the perfect match for y'all. To each his own.

I just like to listen to what I want, when I want.

Also, is it true that SiriusXM charges per listening device? Like two different vehicles = two subscriptions? I actually heard a guy at work say this today and not sure if I believe him.
Posted by Sayre
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Nov 2011
5754 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:08 am to
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Satellite radio is great when driving long road trips. You don't have to worry about making a bunch of playlists or messing with your phone while driving.



I just put all the songs on random (over 14k of them). I like a mixture if genres.

The car I bought in February had sirius. Couldn't stand the crap quality of the tracks, personally. But I'm real picky on that.
Posted by loweralabamatrojan
Lower Alabama
Member since Oct 2006
13286 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:10 am to
Each sattelite radio, I believe, has to have its own subscription. The work-around is to use your phone app and bluetooth on any vehicle or device that's capable.
Posted by buffbraz
Member since Nov 2005
5764 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:10 am to
I have Sirius mostly for Howard Stern, Amazon music, and Apple music. I guess I should get rid of Apple music and keep Amazon music since I know I will keep prime. Do ya'll know of anything Apple music can do that Amazon can't?
Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:10 am to
I have a good bit of music loaded onto the external 256GB SD card in my android device. I can swap out cards as I want.

Sorry you went the iCrap path.
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38241 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:11 am to
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but got stolen. Those frickers



that should be a capitol offense punishable by life in prison or death. takes too long to amass one's tunes. No one should be able to mess with it.
Posted by Dicky
Member since Jun 2017
668 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:12 am to
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The work-around is to use your phone app and bluetooth on any vehicle or device that's capable.


Well, at least that's a super easy way around it.
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19649 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:13 am to
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I have a good bit of music loaded onto the external 256GB SD card in my android device. I can swap out cards as I want.


Serious question - the only thing keeping me from switching to Android from iPhone is the convenience of organizing music, using iTunes, etc. for iPhone. I would definitely like to be able to store more with an external SD card. What do you use or what is most common for organizing your music on your computer? Is there a program comparable to iTunes or you just do it via regular music folders?
Posted by AlbertMeansWell
Member since Sep 2013
5565 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:13 am to
Amazon Music Unlimited is where it’s at.

If you have a .edu email address, you get 6 months of prime for free then it’s $50 a year. Also, with the .edu address Amazon music unlimited is $4.99 a month. Same number of songs as Apple Music.

(Apple music also has a .edu discount for $4.99. But they have the same songs and with Amazon you get the music, prime shipping and Prime Video for that one price)
This post was edited on 12/22/17 at 11:16 am
Posted by sweetwaterbilly
Member since Mar 2017
19649 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:16 am to
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If you have a .edu email address


Do they do any extra vetting? I work for a university and have a .edu email address but I tried to subscribe to Tidal once (just to see what it was all about) and they asked for current fee bills, class schedule, etc. It was fricking bizarre.
Posted by cj35
Member since Jan 2014
6153 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:16 am to
I tend to manage it by hand using Windows, but Media Monkey does a really good job if you want something similar to iTunes without all the limitations.
Posted by AlbertMeansWell
Member since Sep 2013
5565 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:19 am to
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If you have a .edu email address


Do they do any extra vetting? I work for a university and have a .edu email address but I tried to subscribe to Tidal once (just to see what it was all about) and they asked for current fee bills, class schedule, etc. It was fricking bizarre.


They ask you to send a scannned document as proof for Music Unlimted but not the Prime student discount. I also work for a University and sent them a scanned copy of my generic work ID that haste university name, my name and a picture. They accepted it almost immediately
This post was edited on 12/22/17 at 11:20 am
Posted by Boudreaux35
BR
Member since Sep 2007
22281 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:23 am to
Don't care. Left apple's bullshite about 4 years ago and have been much less frustrated. The apple/iOS camp reminds me of the beginnings of a cult.

"Follow us. We know best. Doesn't matter that it looks like we're bending you over and sticking it up your arse."
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
18563 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:31 am to
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Big difference between. Amazon music and Amazon Unlimited.



I actually havent noticed a major difference

I'd have to say that 95% of songs i look for are available to me on Amazon Music

Granted, I dont listen to a lot of current music so maybe that's the stuff that's more restricted.
Posted by SamuelClemens
Earth
Member since Feb 2015
11727 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:43 am to
I've not considered anything in years since Spotify
Posted by OweO
Plaquemine, La
Member since Sep 2009
122548 posts
Posted on 12/22/17 at 11:45 am to
I have Apple music because it allows me to have access to anything I want, but the only thing about it is... Is that you don't actually OWN any songs. When you pay for a single song, you can use it as you want.

And since we are on the topic, maybe someone can help me, but for DJing apps on my ipad, the only music I can access are the songs I bought before paying monthly for Apple music. Does anyone know away I can access the music I want?

With apps like Spotify.. Isn't that just like Napster? I don't believe music should be accessed for free, because artist should get paid for their work.. If they didn't then there would be less and less artist, but maybe I should go to the music board for the detailed questions in this post.
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