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The functionality looks much worse than Google's Play music service, but it's free, so there's that.
by psbp 13y ago
The functionality looks much worse than Google's Play music service, but it's free, so there's that.
- craigyk 13y agomuch worse? iTunes has 10X more functionality than the web-based Google Play interface. For $25/year you get to match 25,000 songs to 256kbps AAC and you get ad-free personal stations. Google play may give you individual tracks and 20,000 songs matched for $90-120 a year. They have their pros and cons, but I don't think either is clearly "worse" than the other. Personally, since I already use iTunes Match, iRadio is a way better choice for me.
- TillE 13y agoGoogle will host 20,000 uploaded songs for $0 per year.
- psbp 13y agoAnd it's also 320kbps. I think it will even preserve the format of the uploaded file and just stream at 320.
- simon_weber 13y agore:preserving format: it does not, unfortunately. Anything non-mp3 is transcoded to 320kbs mp3, and the original copy is not stored. Any metadata that doesn't fit into their system is also lost in the process.
- craigyk 13y agoyeah, that is nice. It still doesn't make one clearly better. Currently the best iRadio alternative would be to use Google Play for purchased music and Pandora for radio... and that would still be more expensive than iTunes Match. iTunes has more exclusive artists than Google Play and 256kbps AAC is better quality than 320kbps MP3 and requires less bandwidth.
- TillE 13y agoGoogle will host 20,000 uploaded songs for $0 per year.
- lostlogin 13y agoEver used genius playlists? They leave everything else I have tried in the dust. I'm listing to some random BS off spotify right now, and if there is a link between the song I hit radio on, and this one, damned if I know what it is. I tried making a playlist off a kids song for the toddler the other day, and came back 10 mins later to find her listening to German opera. In not sure who was more confused.
- lostlogin 13y agoI have pondered this - and every time I come back to the Beatles. Pop music in its day, still great music now. I shudder imaging someone saying this about Beiber et al.