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10Sep/082

iTunes 8 – Genius

I downloaded iTunes 8 last night in order to try out Genius. It sounds like Pandora but without licencing issues.. Great! Not sure about the privacy policy, but that's for another day.

However in order to even turn on Genius you have to sign into your iTunes account, which isn't such a big issue, but then it appears that you have to provide credit card details too.. It seems I'm not going to try it after all. There's no way I'm giving my credit card details unless I am actually buying something. Unfortunately for apple it seems they've got it backwards. Without being able to use Genius it's unlikely I'll ever buy anything from iTunes.

Nevermind. As the only music discovery site I am aware of that works in not-USA, I quite like the61. Suggestions welcome for any others!

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  • http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk Ben

    I’ve got Genius and so far so good. The only reason it wants your credit card is so that it can show you what songs you are missing and other related songs… The actual playlist creator is using my own songs and I’m quite pleased tbh.

  • http://www.andrewblackburn.co.uk Wob

    I’m certain they don’t *need* my credit card details to tell me about a song that I don’t have. It’s fundamentally wrong that I should ever have to provide my credit card details before I’ve even decided whether I want to buy anything. – With the possible exception of proving my identity, although there are other ways to do this too.

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