yeah, 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 Pandor

yeah, 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.