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Q: What happens to iTunes Match if I try Apple Music?

What happens to iTunes Match if I try Apple Music?

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Posted on Jun 25, 2015 1:23 PM

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Q: What happens to iTunes Match if I try Apple Music?

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  • by vabbz,

    vabbz vabbz Jul 4, 2015 2:10 AM in response to Gumbo Perkins
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    Jul 4, 2015 2:10 AM in response to Gumbo Perkins

    Hi Gumbo Perkins,

     

    So I want to know before doing any thing.

    Say suppose I don't have any music right now, and I subscribe to Apple Music.

    I will be able to start listening to songs, by adding them to my library, and making them offline available through iTunes or iOS devices.

    But these songs are DRM Protected. I am authorised to play music on my iTunes, as I subscribed for Apple Music.

    So now if I subscribe iTunes Match, what would happen? Can I be able to have first 25k songs DRM free on other device?

  • by Brskiz,

    Brskiz Brskiz Jul 4, 2015 2:41 AM in response to vabbz
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    Jul 4, 2015 2:41 AM in response to vabbz

    Okay, so let's say you don't have any music, the optimal choice of music service would be the new Apple Music at $9.99/month. Then your set. It's a sweet service allowing you to stream 30 million plus songs. Wether you stream or download for offline, upon cancellation, if you ever do, your music library will be right back to where it was the day you started the service. After all, it is strictly a music streaming rental service so you receive nothing when your lease is up persay. As for where iTunes Match fits into this; it's an in dependant service intended for the storage and access of music that you own. Those people who paid thousands for cd's and uploaded them via iTunes Match will always have them providing they maintain that subscription. That's far different than the streaming

    Rental service that DRM's the music so you can't keep it. That's why your leasing the music.

  • by vabbz,

    vabbz vabbz Jul 4, 2015 9:00 AM in response to Brskiz
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    Jul 4, 2015 9:00 AM in response to Brskiz

    Hi thanks Brskiz,

    So What would happen if I subscribe to iTunes Match, if I have only Apple Music subscribed songs downloaded (protected) files on iTunes, will it match the songs and will I be able to listen to my iPod Touch 4th generation iOS 6.1.6, by turning on iTunes Match feature on iPod?

  • by arcticguy16,

    arcticguy16 arcticguy16 Jul 20, 2015 4:16 PM in response to vabbz
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    Jul 20, 2015 4:16 PM in response to vabbz

    Nothing. iTunes Match only matches your local files that you've imported manually and not from Apple Music. All the music that is tagged as "Apple Music" won't be matched to free-DRM versions.. Can you imagine that? Everyone would subscribe to both services and have unlimited access to the catalogue of Apple Music without paying for the songs and getting free-DRM music (up to 25000 and 100k in a couple of months with iOS 9). That wouldn't suit for Apple or the records. It's pure logic.

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