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Amazon announces unlimited MP3 storage with any Cloud Drive plan
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Very frustrating for anyone who is on mobile or happens to like how their text renders. These images are flat out difficult to read in places. But since I bought an MP3 album a while back, I effectively have a free cloud to store my 40GB of music in. I'll take text-ful-images for that.
Are you planning on actually using it? I uploaded some music to Amazon's mp3 when it first launched and more to Google's MP3 and I have found very little need to use either one. I obviously can't fit all my music on my phone (an android) but I generally am ok with the music I have at any particular time and swapping.
I don't stream much with it on my phone. But it's great to be able to download the album(s) I want to the device without needing to connect to my computer.
Also, can never have too many backup copies of my music.
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#14Are there any indications on what "for a limited time" means? Is there a term for which Amazon has promised to provide this service for free? Once the unlimited storage is no longer offered, will the existing files in the cloud be 'grandfathered' in and continue to be free to store, or will people be expected to pay or face loss of access to the files in the Cloud Drive?
Likely a combination of both, similar to Dropbox's freemium.
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#15Okay I tried and failed: what qualifies as "eligible" MP3 and AAC files? I misread the "Learn More" link that was related to previous purchases as being the "Learn More" for eligible files, but afaict that "Learn More" link related to eligible files isn't active so I'm confused as to what will qualify as eligible.
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#16If I wanted to sue people for having pirated copies of my content, the first thing I would do is ask everyone to upload all their files to my servers so I could inspect them. If I paid them, they probably wouldn't even realize that I was out to get them.
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#17So I get unlimited space for music at $20/yr? Umm, yeah sign me up unless there's a catch.
Unlimited space for music details Limited time offer: All paid storage plans include unlimited space for music at no additional charge. Upload as many songs as you like without taking up any of your storage space. Listen to your music anywhere with Amazon Cloud Player.
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#18Well, that's kind of interesting. I just bought 100G so I could store all my mp3s in the cloud player while travelling. After uploading about 40G, this plan must have activated, and it shows "< 1%" of 100G used. Cool idea: I might use the space for data now.
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#19No FLAC support?
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#20Okay I tried and failed: what qualifies as "eligible" MP3 and AAC files? I misread the "Learn More" link that was related to previous purchases as being the "Learn More" for eligible files, but afaict that "Learn More" link related to eligible files isn't active so I'm confused as to what will qualify as eligible.
In my cloud drive settings (I have a temporarily-free-with-purchase 20GB account):
"Upload an unlimited number of songs in any supported file format with Amazon Cloud Player.
Supported file formats for songs Cloud Drive currently supports song files in the following formats:
.mp3—Standard non-DRM file format (Includes Amazon MP3 Store purchased files)
.m4a—AAC files (Includes iTunes store purchased files)
Any MP3 or AAC files added to your Cloud Drive will be available for playback and download using Amazon Cloud Player. Upload your music now with Amazon Cloud Player."