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iTunes Gone?
Is iTunes dead? Who actually buys music anymore? Are Apple going to kill off iTunes? Or are they going to give it a slow death? Well there have been rumours that Apple are looking to kill off it’s music downloading service, iTunes, in favour of it’s music streaming service, Apple Music. These rumours were so strong that Apple were forced in giving a statement in which an Apple spokesman said that ‘It’s not true’ Short and sweet. We like it!
Metro revealed to the public last year that Apple were planning to stop selling album bundles, which Apple called iTunes LP’s. Metro reported that industry sources and analysts hailed this move as Apple looking to cease operation on their long running iTunes service. The rumour began when Digital Music news stated it would shut down on March 31st, 2019. Yet an Apple Spokesman stated that it wasn’t true.
Legendary music producer turned Apple employee, Jimmy Iovine, stated, according to the BBC, that Apple were indeed looking to shelve the service. When he was asked if it were going to be phased out of just shut off all together. Jimmy said that there’s no timescale and ‘If I’m honest, it’s when people stop buying. ‘It’s very simple.’
So who knows?
iTunes vs Subscription
Apple are in a race to become the biggest streaming service in the world. Whilst it’s hot on the heels of Spotify’s number 1 spot. (70million subscribers) Compared to Apple’s 38Million, there’s still some growth to go, but with 2 million growth in subs over 1 month. It can be argued that Apple could and should catch up by the end of the year.
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Hooked App
We have been killing time with this really cool reading app called HOOKED. No really hear us out!
Hooked is an app where you get to write stories which are told as short text message sized in conversation form. It’s almost as if you’re reading someone elses’ chats…kinda creepy but also really interesting! You can also write stories with your buddies by creating characters and getting your friends to improv the next part of the story!
See below more details:
New stories added daily!
HOOKED UNLIMITED SUBSCRIPTION:
– You can subscribe for unlimited access to our full story catalog and premium content
– The subscriptions are $2.99 weekly, $7.99 monthly and $39.99 annually*
– You’ll be able to read unlimited stories for the duration of your subscription
– Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
– Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off for at least 24-hours before the end of the current period
– Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package
– Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase
– No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period
– You can read our privacy policy and terms of use at http://telepathic.tv/privacy.html
– Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication
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