Here’s some current streaming rates per service. Your rates might vary.
If you stream from…
- Spotify – between $0.0005 and $0.007
- Google Play – $0.0107
- YouTube Music – between $0.0013 and $0.0105
- Tidal – $0.0171
- Apple Music iTunes Match (US)
Apple
Fake Hi-End Audio
Apple and others continue to push the lie that lossy music is high quality.
They claim they will soon be shipping studio quality airpods and over-the-ear headphones. Please.
Nothing lossy is studio quality.
Nothing wireless is studio quality*.
Android vs iPhone – behind the scenes
From the front, the user space, this argument is tired. Both smartphones do whatever you can imagine at this point. Both are amazingly thin and packed full of sensors and features.
Behind the scenes though…. things are very different. Why … Read the rest
Apple Is Fighting For Our Digital Future
The FBI is doing a criminal investigation on a mass murder committed by americans. Some call it a terrorist attack, some don’t. Either way it’s a high profile case for the Obama justice department.
The couple that committed the crimes … Read the rest
Time for Apple Watch?
Here’s a nice write-up from someone that has lived with the Apple Watch for half a year. He feels it’s in a similar place as the first iPhone iteration – not essential, highly flawed, yet still leaning into the future … Read the rest
More Hi-Res Rumors For Apple
I guess this is good – rumors are floating again that Apple Music is moving into Hi-Res Audio. Being a rumor there are very few specifics but a few people more influential than me are saying that 24/96 streaming … Read the rest
Quality Hiding In Plain Site
Why the hatred of quality music and sound right now? Is it really the machines taking over?
Consumer audio suffers this weird delusion. It seems to be a digital blindness.
It started in the 80’s but was … Read the rest
Music Business vs. Youtube
The battle for pennies is heating up. The 3 major record labels are supposedly fed up with Youtube’s lame attempts to monetize their content, feeling that Google, who owns Youtube and the entire ad network and search engine that drives … Read the rest
Bad Advertising
There’s a lot of bad advertising, especially in the consumer tech world. Here’s some tell tale signs of bad marketing:
- Insinuating that users of other products are idiots, especially if it’s a wildly popular product
- Naming your competition, especially with
Why Apple Music (or Spotify) Doesn’t Matter Much
Apple’s Upcoming Music Announcement
Will it have anything to do with sound quality? I doubt it.
Apple likes to roll out new products with slick presentations touting all of the improvements in the product, or how the new product improves upon an existing solution.… Read the rest
Youtube’s Version of HD Audio – My Realtime Review
Oh damn, the internet generation strikes back against pono!
I just fired up my old iPhone 4, hit youtube, searched for flac, found ihearttflac and flacsgreatesthits, and was forced to admit after a day of reflection and jamming on my … Read the rest
Walkman IV – The Return of Fidelity
Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
[deep ominous movie trailer chord]
Walkman 1 (1980) – by Sony – stereo cassette – 2 headphone jacks – powered by 2 AA batteries for runtime of 20 hours.
Walkman … Read the rest
The Problem With Maps Apps
The now-standard overhead helicopter view used by mobile GoogleMaps, AppleMaps, etc. is neato but not a perspective that is natural for humans while driving. I’d rather see huge clear labels than 3D graphics any day. They are distracting us more … Read the rest
Watch The Script & Watch the Apple Watch Become A Hit
The Apple Watch 1 follows the script perfectly for Apple’s version 1 products. If you look at their bottom line over the last 15 years, it’s a great script to follow.
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First iPod — They said it couldn’t hold … Read the rest
The Biggest Advancement in iPhone Tech….and the internet crashes
Hahahahah too funny. Apple is showing off their new stuff, they stream through their servers, we all tune in, and guess what ….. hang, crash, wtf about 1 minute in.
Posting this now as I’m getting nothing from my browser.… Read the rest
iWatch, iBuy?
Will Apple put out a wearable? The Android makers are going full speed into Android watches, regardless of reviews and actual ship dates. They want to appear to be flooding the market but I haven’t seen a single one out … Read the rest
iPhone as Medical Tricorder
The future is all around us. Our cars will probably never fly, but man we are getting some interesting tech in the last 5 years, driven largely by the worldwide adoption of iOS devices loaded with sensors and the software … Read the rest