After much deliberation and speculation, Apple has allowed a Spotify iPhone app to be available on the iTunes App Store, despite the threat that music downloads in the UK may suffer hugely as a result. Is it worth £9.99 per month? Mmmmh... kind of yes, but ultimately maybe not. Keep reading.
More details are avialable here and all over the net. The main attractive is the ability to download and store up to 3300 songs on to your iPhone / iPod Touch.
This means that you can listen to that music in the tube or wherever there is no internet access. Brilliant.
But can you copy those songs to your mac? As far as I understand, no you can't (how many weeks before someone cracks it?).
And how long will those songs stay on your iPhone before they 'expire'? It's not clear yet.
All in all I am still happy with the alternative method suggested in this old newsletter. And if something is worth having, the full-quality CD often is on Amazon for less than the equivalent digital download.
I am afraid that, as far as I am concerned, paying for low-quality semi-temporary access to music still doesn't make sense. And I am still looking forward to seeing how much money the artists actually make from this subscription service.
Any comment is welcome.
No comments:
Post a Comment