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You will need to subscribe to the Apple service if you want to use your existing collection there. So that's not so far from the Spotify solution.
by aristidb 15y ago
You will need to subscribe to the Apple service if you want to use your existing collection there. So that's not so far from the Spotify solution.
- Toddward 15y agoI understand that subscriptions are required for the best features of these services - my point was merely that I would rather pay to have access to my own library from anywhere than a semi-complete library that I can't control. I listen to a lot of music that isn't on iTunes or Rhapsody or <insert service here>. Having the ability to access a more complete library of what I actually want to listen to presents a huge value to me. Hence my willingness to pay for a locker over a streaming service. But believe me, I know not everyone is as picky as I am.
- mitjak 15y agoIndeed. You seem to assume that the music library is somehow static which isn't the reality for a lot of users of Spotify and other streaming services. There are at least a dozen albums released and reissued every day, and some people (like me) enjoy checking out new music on a daily basis. It is simply not viable to keep buying all those albums and store them in a library, particularly if you won't listen to them ever again after the first listen. While an edge case, the shades of gray in the middle still demand a constantly changing library. Thus, Spotify and Grooveshark, whose catalogue I personally like a lot more, are much better choices than the 'online library' services.