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Apple in talks to acquire Tidal
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Apple still desperate to get in on that Spotify money...
Peanut0423
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How much money is the homie Hov getting?
SlipperyMoose
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Best case for Jay Z and friends. Create a not so great music program but gain enough buzz that Apple buys it out and you can wash your hands of it.
HUELEN10
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They're not desperate, they're doing great for their first year, and will only continue to grow.
My guess? people and brand.
infiniteloop
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why? what does Tidal have that Apple want, other than taking out a (smaller) competitor?
Their concert live streams have been awesome.
Exclusivity. Apple already had Spotify cornered with Drake and Taylor Swift, now add Beyoncé, Jay Z, Kanye, Daft Punk, and Deadmau5 to the mix.
Also their app is about a billion times better than any Music app
HUELEN10
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And Apple MIGHT just point it in the right direction and dock it before that happens.
Please someone get the reference...
metalslimer
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Lol after all that BS about how it was going to be revolutionary
Prince streaming rights
Soldiussnaku
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Wow, and this after the star studded launch of the service not so long ago. There was a lot of high profile music celebs at the launch.
My money was in Google, but apple is thankfully very aggressive in getting lots of people onto apple music. It wants a big slice of the lucrative music streaming pie. Which is good for competition since Spotify and play music won't go without one hell of a fight.
I hope the ability to use/stream the flat music files remain intact if it gets tool over.
My money was in Google, but apple is thankfully very aggressive in getting lots of people onto apple music. It wants a big slice of the lucrative music streaming pie. Which is good for competition since Spotify and play music won't go without one hell of a fight.
I hope the ability to use/stream the flat music files remain intact if it gets tool over.
FullMetalx117
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I will say that based on my trial experience the HI FI audio was amazing for TLOP. Not worth $20/month tho. If Apple somehow makes that cheaper I might consider switching.
they have the rights to a few catalogues don't they?
Lots of exclusives from popular artists, their video streaming programs seem to do well and they buzz from a few of the worlds most popular celebrities while eliminating a competitor and closing the gap between Spotify. They'd basically be the "exclusive" home for a lot of highly anticipated albums and have that over Spotify. I think they even have a lot of Prince's more popular stuff on there.
Appeal to the audiophile market as well.
HUELEN10
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If you want something that runs like the Tidal App, MARVIS is an excellent Frontend.
You can always buy the album elsewhere, dump it yourself and upload it to your cloud music locker and...
Seriously though, I think there are both pros and cons to exclusives. Personally, as long as the streaming exclusive is merely timed and I always have an option to BUY I am okay with it. And I do hope that Spotify does get a music storage locker option soon. It's good, but Spotify needs to step their game up if they want to keep up with Google and Apple in that regard.
Mushroomer25
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God, the thought of all the exclusivity horseshit that will follow after this acquisition. Makes me nauseous.
infiniteloop
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Interested to see how much they pay for it if it goes through.
I know the workarounds. They're all subpar solutions. I'm OK with timed exclusives, but artists/albums that stay locked up to a single service? It's crap.
sixteen-bit
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Jay getting that pay day
What?
Thanks for the recommendation! It looks really awesome! Downloading now.
HUELEN10
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Oh, I agree wholeheartedly with you!
Yep, it's also plenty customizable too, and it's must-have for iPad users because you can put it in sideview or spit view for great multitasking with split view and very user-friendly track switching with a quick slide-view. Like all frontons, remember that music management is completely through iTunes and the music app, but playback can be done entirely through marvin (or any other fronted).
Yeah. But of course any mention of Tidal leads to people blindly shitting on the service
So you're telling me all of those stars are sell-outs? /shocked
WSJ is confirming the rumors as well so it does look like this isn't BS: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-in-talks-to-acquire-jay-zs-tidal-music-service-1467325314
Nice! The final nail in the Spotify coffin.
UnemployedVillain
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Ehh, not allow the Spotify app to be approved if users can use payment methods outside of iTunes in order to maintain the only advantage they have over Spotify sounds pretty depserate
The talks are ongoing and may not result in a deal, these people said.
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