Kelly, what sort of restrictions are you referring to with regards to purchasing music on iTunes. You certainly don’t have to. But I am unaware of any restrictions involved with purchased music. They haven’t had DRM on that for years. Mary
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 12, 2018, at 8:04 PM, Kelly Pierce <kellyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The discontinuation is speculation for now. At some point the theory > goes that Apple will only offer streaming and end iTunes sales. I have > never bought music from iTunes. I don’t like the restrictions. Also, > when I tried it a couple of years ago, there was limited selection of > classic jazz albums with only the big names being available. I rip > CD’s and transfer the audio files onto my iPhone. This functionality > will continue to the foreseeable future. I can share individual > tracks with another iPhone user through Airdrop. > > Kelly > >> On 4/12/18, Brian Hansen <ozark.bluesma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Even though I subscribe to Apple Music, there have been a few cases where I >> still had to purchase the albums through iTunes, because the album/albums >> were not available for streaming. I guess the artist/record labels can >> specify how Apple can make it available to their customer base. If they do >> away with purchases, then they will need to make all of their music catalog >> available. >> >> Blessings, >> >> Brian >> >> >>> On Apr 12, 2018, at 10:44 AM, Kathy Brandt <katya20...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On the radio station I was listening to they did not cite the source, so >>> on the Internet there were a few articles, including from the daily mail. >>> Mac world also had an article about it. >>> >>> The reason is, that Apple wants to promote Apple Music so that it can >>> catch up with Spotify. >>> >>>> On Apr 12, 2018, at 11:35 AM, Esther Levegnale <elevegn...@sbcglobal.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, Kathy! >>>> >>>> Wow! That’s too bad because so many people such as I download music from >>>> iTunes. However, I’ve been using Apple Music for quite some time and >>>> really enjoy it. Perhaps this discontinuation might have something to do >>>> with the fact that with iTunes, you pay for each download individually, >>>> whereas with Apple Music, you pay a monthly charge for whatever downloads >>>> you purchase during that month altogether rather than doing individual >>>> purchases. I hope I’m not as clear as mud on this issue, but the >>>> above-mentioned fact could be the reason. I know that I don’t use iTunes >>>> as regularly as I had in the past before I acquired Apple Music. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Esther Levegnale >>>> >>>> Sent From Esther's Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+! >>>> >>>>> On Apr 12, 2018, at 11:30 AM, Kathy Brandt <katya20...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Heard this today as part of a business report. This is like Verizon >>>>> firing the copper wire repair people so that they can tell people they >>>>> have to go on to fios. At least the one article I read subsequently said >>>>> that you would still have access to Music you already bought.. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>>> list. >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>> >>>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>>>> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>>>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>>> >>>>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "VIPhone" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>>> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>>> >>>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "VIPhone" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>> list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >>> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >>> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >> list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> caraqu...@caraquinn.com >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.