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I've hated Apple ever since I encountered iTunes.
Gee, never had this problem.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Glad I don't use any music streaming or music cloud features.
I'll stick to my classic ipod and 2 external hard drives thank you very much.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Apple music did this on my iPad before I could get that feature disabled. Fortunately those music files were backed up on another source and no Apple product has access to my main stash of music files.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
And what's wrong with CDs?
I can understand why Apple does this. Doesn't make it right, but from a business standpoint it does make sense.
Pretty funny article. Can't say I have any sympathies for people who trust all their stuff to something like this. You might as well box up all your physical product in boxes, drop it off in some ghetto and ask a perfect stranger to "hold on to this for me" for a while.
We are the grandchildren of apes, not angels
But only we are gifted with the eyes to see
On days without FEAR, when our heads are clear
That angels, we could be
(Marillion 2016)
That was a good article, especially near the end when the author pushes forward the logical end of the information service business model. If they could, they'd copyright a pop hook and charge you for every time you thought about it.
I've never been sold on the streaming model. As silly as buying a CD, loading it onto a hard drive so I can hear a compressed file on a mobile device, and then squirreling the CD away, at least I have a fairly durable back-up.
Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world.
This is why I hate it when people say "Just stream it! Use a Cloud! It'll be fine!!"
"Arf." -- Frank Zappa, "Beauty Knows No Pain" (live version)
I buy CDs and will continue to buy CDs. I can download them to any device I wish, whenever I wish, and do not require a "by your leave" from anyone.
"And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision."
Occasional musical musings on https://darkelffile.blogspot.com/
Saw this on the web "iTunes is like having your hand held by a robot who wants to walk into the ocean and die."
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Reminds me of a Star Trek episode, The Cloud Minders.
I listened to An Apple a Day last night, so I'm a bit disappointed that this thread is not about the band.
Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
Steve F.
www.waysidemusic.com
www.cuneiformrecords.com
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“Remember, if it doesn't say "Cuneiform," it's not prog!” - THE Jed Levin
Any time any one speaks to me about any musical project, the one absolute given is "it will not make big money". [tip of the hat to HK]
"Death to false 'support the scene' prog!"
please add 'imo' wherever you like, to avoid offending those easily offended.
I have friends and family that live in metropolitan areas that stream music from the cloud all the time. However, none of them are what I would call "serious" about music. I know there's a few PE members that do stream from services like Apple Music. I assume that they keep this atrocity away from their digital music collections. As for me, I live in a very rural area where the signal can bottom out driving anywhere. Not to mention I'm a control freak that likes to play what I want to play, in what order, and with no music service substituting what it thinks I want to hear. Like I said before, one of our devices got totally wiped by Apple Music when the damn thing installed itself.
I wouldn't touch this thing with a ten foot pole. There's another forum I belong to and there's a lot of tales of Apple Music wiping away alternative tracks, things it doesn't recognize, substituting the wrong album artwork...in other words every conceivable nightmare for a serious music fan. What gets me is that Jobs was pushing this digital snake oil while going home to listen to music on a turntable.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I have over 1,000 CDs, all are burned to multiple hard drives, and I use streaming services.
Still can't figure out what I would gain from iTunes. I hear nothing but complaints about it all the time.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Well, you haven't heard a complaint from me about it.
I don't feel everyone should use iTunes. If it works for you to use another app, go for it.
I have enjoyed my Apple products since I started purchasing them in 1998 -- iBooks (2), iSight (1), MacBook Pro (1), iMacs (3), and iPods (4), and many more. I've never had problems with iTunes and it definitely doesn't slow my computer down.
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