This is a refreshingly responsible way to retire a service.
No amazing journey, no abrupt disappearance.
Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
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Re: Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me, Apple Music is better because a) the song limit is dramatically higher than Spotify (10k vs 100k) and b) I am free to add my own music (not available via streaming) to the library which is then available on all my devices.
The song limit is really better in Apple, but you are able to add your own music in Spotify. To listen to it in other devices I had to download it in them.
From what I remember having spotify, the only way to add your own music is to add it to a playlist from your computer, and then sync that playlist locally, so it basically just uses Spotify as a relay for your music on your computer. I'm assuming Apple is like Google Play Music, which lets you add albums and songs to your library that appear the same way as the streaming ones (within your albums/artists/etc) and don't need to be synced locally.
Re: Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
#43Microsoft "PlaysForSure" Part II
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#44Maybe I just live under a rock, but this is actually the first time I've heard of Groove music. I don't know if that's saying more about me or MS' marketing department.
Re: Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
For me, Apple Music is better because a) the song limit is dramatically higher than Spotify (10k vs 100k) and b) I am free to add my own music (not available via streaming) to the library which is then available on all my devices.
Not sure why you’re being downvoted. The ability to upload your own songs to the cloud is something I so wish Spotify had, it really is great.
It's one of the reasons why I was using Groove. I'm going to keep the app to be able to play these songs.
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#46So what happens in Forza Horizon 3 which has Groove integration for in-game music?
Re: Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
#47Microsoft "PlaysForSure" Part II
Ha, I was just going to post that.
Launching a DRM platform with the name "PlaysForSure" and then repeatedly making content not play for sure isn't really building trust in your company and branding.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am betting Microsoft got some kind of deal with Spotify out of this. Spotify had an exclusivity agreement with Sony that kept the Spotify app off the Xbox One; that agreement lapsed and Spotify is on the Xbox One now. I would not be surprised if that and other things were in a deal between the two firms.
Alternatively, MSFT is interested in buying Spotify. They have purchased Swedish companies before..
That would actually be a really cool partnership.
* Add OneDrive integration to seemlessly play your music with Spotify.
* "Check out this song" Skype integration to share music with each other. Have a Playlist populated from all the songs you've shared with each other.
* "Make your highlights epic" easily add the perfect track to your Rocket League snippets.
* "What was that song?" Bing integration to play directly from search results. Subscribers get the while track, otherwise get a 1m preview.
* "Cortana, drop the base!"
Re: Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
The song limit is really better in Apple, but you are able to add your own music in Spotify. To listen to it in other devices I had to download it in them.
From what I remember having spotify, the only way to add your own music is to add it to a playlist from your computer, and then sync that playlist locally, so it basically just uses Spotify as a relay for your music on your computer. I'm assuming Apple is like Google Play Music, which lets you add albums and songs to your library that appear the same way as the streaming ones (within your albums/artists/etc) and don'…
By "locally", you mean "in the same network"; I don't believe you have to connect your device physically to the computer.
Re: Microsoft to Bring Spotify to Groove Music Pass Customers
#50Maybe I just live under a rock, but this is actually the first time I've heard of Groove music. I don't know if that's saying more about me or MS' marketing department.
Groove Music is the label attached to the state of disappointment that teenagers suffer when their parents buy their first smartphone as an affordable choice. They wanted Apple Music but it didn’t happen because they got a Lumia.
Apparently it’s on Windows 10 but everyone just installs iTunes or Spotify much like no one gives a shit about Edge and just installs chrome these days.
That says more about the platform than you or their marketing. The whole thing is rotting from the outside in.