I'm still thinking about getting an Apple TV 4 this spring. I was hoping to
be relocated by spring but since I seem to be stuck here for the time being
I might update the Apple TV 3 just for the music. I listen to more music
than television on my Apple TV now and it doesn't even have Apple Music yet.
Laughs!
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I haven't listened to Beats 1 very often. It's a lot of new stuff, with what
I heard are some famous well-known DJs but, as I'm not up on most of today's
new stuff and internationally known radio personalities, it's almost all
Greek to me. Beats 1 will continue to be offered at no cost; just go to the
Music app, double-tap the "radio" tab and you'll encounter a listen button
for Beats 1. I don't mean to imply that it's not good; just not my cup of
tea. It seems to be only new stuff; you likely won't encounter anything you
and I grew up with but I've tuned it in very little.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my Web
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Ah, heard of folks disliking the non-sense of "can't skip" that issongs you could skip.
really Orwellian.
What genre is the Beets station?
(I won't make vegetable jokes, just spelled it wrong to be funny).
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016, David Goldfield wrote:
Hi, Bill.
Well, iTunes Radio or what they now call Apple Music Radio isn't so
much an app but it's a service available from the Music app. It was
like other music services in that you could listen to randomly or
seemingly random tunes within a genre such as pop or country. You
could also choose a song and the service would then play songs
similar to that selection. With the free version of this service, you
would get brief commercials after a certain amount of songs and, if
you didn't like a particular song, you could skip it but you would
only get a certain amount of songs you could skip for each hour. If
you subscribe to Apple Music, you'd get no ads and an unlimited amount of
Now, after January the free version of this service will be gone andYou are invited to visit the moderator's Web site at
you will need to subscribe to Apple Music to continue getting these
customized streams. The one exception is Beats One, which is Apple's
official radio station, with actual DJs, playing new music, which
will still be available at no cost.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit
my Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info On 1/16/2016 9:50 AM, The New
Vision Store wrote:
What about the other aps? Gone?
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iTunes Radio stations going away on January 29th, will require Apple
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9to5mac.com
Apple announces free ad-supported iTunes Radio stations going away
on January 29th, will require Apple Music subscription Benjamin Mayo
apple-announces-free-ad-suppor. In an email circulating to
customers, Apple has announced that the ad-supported iTunes Radio
stations available in the US and Australia are going away on January
29th. Beats 1 will be the 'premiere free broadcast' going forward.
All other radio station features, i.e. the algorithmic stations like
Charting Now or Pop Workout, will require an active Apple Music
subscription.
The full email is included below .
This marks the end of iTunes Radio as first launched in 2013, which
expanded internationally into just one country: Australia. Since
Apple Music's debut, all other countries have required a paid
subscription to access these radio stations and will continue to do
so. However, from January 29th, there will be no free riders in the
United States or Australia either.
Ad-supported stations were subject to other limitations that the
paid Apple Music versions don't have. Namely, you get unlimited
skips for the stations (compared to 6 with the obsolete free tier)
because you pay for the rights to stream any song in their library
with your $9.99/mo plan.
Removing the ad-supported stations may be part of a wider transition
in Apple's iAd department. Apple can simplify the responsibilities
of the floundering iAd group by getting rid of the need for ads to
service the legacy stations. Apple is reportedly transitioning iAd
towards a fully automated inventory model.
Earlier today, Apple announced that it is closing the iAd App
Network for developers.
In short: want free music from Apple past January Thanks Mitchell
for the tip.
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