djsherly

Early May seems incredibly optimistic. The infection curve isn't even close to flattening out. In Australia we have have significantly fewer recorded per capita infections than the US and were are talking lockdown till the end of June. This is from a conservative Australian government who is keen for business to continue.

I wish you all the best - Apple stores don't need to be open if you got one of the best online sales platforms out there.

My Apple Music sub came with my cellphone plan. Many contracted customers on my carrier got the same deal so i assume this has pumped the number for Australia. 

What im saying is that it's Apple Music was not a conscious choice for me. But I'm putting up with over complex interface cf Spotify because the price is right. When the time comes I'll switch back to Spotify because it does a few things really well. 

Managing playlists
searching for and playing songs
easy to use ui

these things are no brainers for a music app but in my view Apple Music gets it wrong. 

foggyhill said:

djsherly said:

How might one do that? VIsa and MasterCard are processors, not credit facilities. 

Apple pay came to Australia a day late and a buck short. Nfc has been nearly ubiquitous for years. 

Apple pay is not just about wireless payment so not sure what your talking about.
It's about anonyzed transations and the fact you don't have to actually have the card with you, you can use your watch to pay (or your phone).

Again, how does one deal direct with MasterCard or Visa?

i get your point about the scope of Apple Pay but in the context of the article you're just being asinine. Contactless payments is the overwhelming thrust of the article. 

lkrupp said:

rogifan_new said:

I don't get what one has to do with the other. I have a hard time believing there were all these people holding out on signing up for a streaming music service because Apple wasn't in the game yet. But I think this signals that Music isn't compelling enough yet to get people to ditch existing options.

Blathering nonsense. Apple Music is more than compelling over the likes of Spotify. It’s just become more fashionable to bash Apple services while claiming to be a fan of the platform.

I've got Apple Music for free with my phone plan and I still pay for and use Spotify in preference because it does one thing well. Stream music. 

Apple Music is like its keynote. A bit of a mess really. 

The whole software model has been decimated by the advent of the App Store. If software wasn't valued before, it certainly isn't valued now. People whinge about paying 99 cents for an app. 99 cents. Unreal.

It may not have been Apple's intention but it's played out exactly the same way as the iTunes store did.

It is my thesis the Apple has in general destroyed the value proposition for both music and software. I'd be curious to see whether DED could offer a compelling counterpoint. No doubt Apple have paid billions out of the app store and itms but the vast majority of that revenue has gone to a handful of major players such as to make that gloat essentially worthless.

/rant

smartmammal said:

If a high-end consumer computer is not good enough to run your product, then you are doing it wrong.

What a load of rubbish. There are plenty of high consumer pcs out there that are fast enough. They're just not macs. 

This is ded looking at apple's disappointing results and saying, "well these guys are worse".

big deal. Doesn't meant apples results weren't disappointing. They were, and objectively so. Look at the stock price. The guys with skin in the game aren't telling lies. 

It it was disappointing.