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Why would I pay for a membership in I-tunes

Why would I pay for a membership to I-tunes? After my free trial am I no longer able to download songs? With a membership, I have to pay as well? What are the benefits of a membership?

iPod nano, Windows 8

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 7:54 AM

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Posted on Apr 21, 2018 8:03 AM

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glennfromharrisville wrote:


Why would I pay for a membership to I-tunes? After my free trial am I no longer able to download songs? With a membership, I have to pay as well? What are the benefits of a membership?

You will no longer be able to download songs from Apple Music and you won't retain anything downloaded when the subscription expires.


With a monthly subscription you will be able to use Apple music as you did whilst you had the three months free trial.


Jim

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Apr 21, 2018 8:03 AM in response to glennfromharrisville

Hi,

glennfromharrisville wrote:


Why would I pay for a membership to I-tunes? After my free trial am I no longer able to download songs? With a membership, I have to pay as well? What are the benefits of a membership?

You will no longer be able to download songs from Apple Music and you won't retain anything downloaded when the subscription expires.


With a monthly subscription you will be able to use Apple music as you did whilst you had the three months free trial.


Jim

Apr 21, 2018 1:18 PM in response to glennfromharrisville

To be clear... there is no paid iTunes membership. It is Apple Music you pay a monthly fee for.


I say this because you will continue to have free access to the iTunes store where you can purchase tracks ad hoc.


With a paid subscription to Apple Music, you can stream and download music, but you never have title to it as you do with iTunes purchases. Apple Music tracks are unplayable when you end the subscription.


2 similar but very different Apple services dealing with music.

Why would I pay for a membership in I-tunes

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