Comments on: Why the Google Play experience will soon rival iTunes

By: Carson Loveridge

Carson Loveridge — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 02:49:46 +0000

256K AAC > 320K MP3

By: Evan

Evan — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 15:30:09 +0000

When google put their google music programme they’ve been working on into Google play, they’ll have music, tv, movies and apps just like iTunes. All Google will have to do then is make it a downloadable programme like iTunes is and make it easy to use. Once that’s done, Iphone sales will drop as people have found that being able to properly sync your phone with your PC (instead of a random third party programme like Android users have had to do for a while) and people will realise that the similarly priced android phones have better tech inside and then there will be a proper market with proper competitiveness and more new ideas

By: Makell Bird

Makell Bird — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:38:52 +0000

I’ve been harping on this for a while. The way Google is connecting EVERYTHING together (synergy) is going to make them a powerhouse. I’m in the music business so when an artist wants to know how to put songs on Google Play or how to sell music on google play I tell them the best company to roll with is ADEDistribution cause they already have a deal in place with google play. Plus, they are cheaper than most other distributors and work with independents. It’ pretty easy to promote across google now :)

By: AG

AG — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:08:04 +0000

“Google play is basically offering exactly what iTunes offers…it’s nothing revolutionary(iTunes did that already) but it just make sense for the market to follow it…because it work.”

Great, that paragraph probably inspired Apple to sue Google for having a store of its own… Apple seriously needs to stop being babies and accept that iOS has less than 1/5 of the market share and Android has almost all of it.

By: Tim Davies

Tim Davies — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:14:20 +0000

You do know that Apple announced Delta updates before Google did…right(WWDC)? Google brought it out first, but it’s coming with iOS6….

iTunes is a great resource if you are accessing it directly from the iPad or iPod…though it’s terror if it’s on the PC or MAC. I really do think they just need to make it look like the iPad version.

I will buy content from where it has the best price/convenience. The balance is very important. If I can get a redbox dvd on my way home from work for $1 and I have a DVD player already, I am not going to pay $5 to rent it on itunes.

I will pay the itunes rate though if redbox does not have it, or if I do not have a dvd player where I am, or if I have to make a special trip to go out and get the DVD. People want easy, but they always want cheap. There has to be the perfect balance. iTunes offers a great selection and super convenient offering(since you can play it on almost any screen now)

Google play is basically offering exactly what iTunes offers…it’s nothing revolutionary(iTunes did that already) but it just make sense for the market to follow it…because it work.

Redbox and netflix have their place, but so does iTunes and Google Play.

Just to mention Amazon…it’s just another offering, it all ties into what eco system you have devices to watch the content on. If you have a iPad and apple TV, you will most likely shoot for iTunes. if you have a Kindle or Roku you will shoot for amazon…if you have a android device you may go with google play. Apple has the lion share of devices. That’s why Amazon finally released their app for the iPad….they are all about selling content, so it doe snot make sense to limit their content audience if the number are favoring the ipad.

By: Ismael

Ismael — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:18:49 +0000

iTunes is for iPod/iPhone.

Great product brought us to iTunes and not marketing.

There is just this feeling that iPod should have songs only from iTunes.

By: Slyone

Slyone — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 17:59:56 +0000

Why the Amazon experience will soon rival iTunes. This was the headline many years ago when Amazon launched their Amazon mp3 Store. Years later and iTunes Store still hold on to 70% of the market.

By: scott

scott — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 07:23:57 +0000

The gift card doesn’t work INSIDE the Google market (I still refuse to call it play,…I’m not 8yrs old, Google)

By: Rob P

Rob P — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:58:37 +0000

Integration with G-Wallet could be interesting if the gift card’s funds can transfered and used outside the Play Store.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 15:57:11 +0000

I buy all of my music from Amazon.com; I have since they started up the MP3 store, mainly due to the price difference. Then again, I buy far less music than I used to. I’ve been subscribing to Rdio for nearly a year and prefer access to a larger library of tracks.