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I'd like to mention that iTunes Match is a similar service for Apple customers, the integration with Apple products has been better than Google's integration wi

by Arelius 15y ago

I'd like to mention that iTunes Match is a similar service for Apple customers, the integration with Apple products has been better than Google's integration with droid IMO. It's not free, but at just over $2 a month, it seems to give Apple a lot more flexibility with bargaining with the publishers, which makes me feel a bit more secure about the future of the service and my personal music collection. Also, it's surprisingly nice to have it match against songs that are already uploaded to their service, It took over a month to get my entire library into the Google Music cloud, yet all my music was available in iTunes match within the hour.

oflannabhra 15y ago
The fact that iTunes Match does not stream content puts it in a separate class of service than Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player, in my opinion.
- culturestate 15y ago
  Apple says at http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ that iTM is a streaming service, though I've not used it so can't personally confirm. "Does iTunes Match stream or download songs? On a computer, any songs stored in iCloud will stream over the air when played, though you can download them at any time by clicking the iCloud download button. iOS devices will start playing tracks from iCloud as they download and will store them so that you can listen to them later even if you don’t have a network connection. Apple TV only streams songs."
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  - Arelius 15y ago
    Yes, the only real difference is that, given sufficient local storage, the song will also get copied to your local device. This seems like an advantage IMO.
- Terretta 15y ago
  On a desktop or a device, you can play the music "from the cloud" without the whole song being on your computer. That's streaming enough.
- Terretta 15y ago
  On a desktop or a device, you can play the music "from the cloud" without the whole song being on your computer. That's streaming enough.

by Arelius 15y ago

oflannabhra 15y ago

The fact that iTunes Match does not stream content puts it in a separate class of service than Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player, in my opinion.

culturestate 15y ago
Apple says at http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/ that iTM is a streaming service, though I've not used it so can't personally confirm. "Does iTunes Match stream or download songs? On a computer, any songs stored in iCloud will stream over the air when played, though you can download them at any time by clicking the iCloud download button. iOS devices will start playing tracks from iCloud as they download and will store them so that you can listen to them later even if you don’t have a network connection. Apple TV only streams songs."
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- Arelius 15y ago
  Yes, the only real difference is that, given sufficient local storage, the song will also get copied to your local device. This seems like an advantage IMO.
Terretta 15y ago
On a desktop or a device, you can play the music "from the cloud" without the whole song being on your computer. That's streaming enough.
Terretta 15y ago
On a desktop or a device, you can play the music "from the cloud" without the whole song being on your computer. That's streaming enough.