Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic

Re:Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic by derex on Monday August 30, 2021 @05:12PM (#28360918)

I’m also a Primephonic subscriber. Been using it everyday for the past 8 months. Let’s be honest, their mobile app sucks. I’m using iOS but willing to bet on their Android app sucking equally.

That said, I’m paying them for the giant catalog, good curation, and a dedicated streaming service just for the classical genre. Realistically I think these will stay with Apple’s acquisition. So in the long term I’ll probably be happy.

On the other hand, their decision to shut down the app before the alternative is launched is disappointing and unacceptable.

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Re:Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic by minusf on Monday August 30, 2021 @07:45PM (#28362313)

i think as far as streaming / discovery apps go primephonic was ok, esp considering their probably miniscule dev team. bandcamp is also just so-so.

but both of them are head and shoulders above any apple made media player. beggars belief how the most rich company of the world can't put together even a mediocre music app on their own vertically controlled OS/hw product.

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