Microsoft kills off Groove Music Pass, and stops selling music.

[suicidalfranco]

good. Next Windows Store 

[shermantanker]

6 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

Yes. Like Control Panel. They can't quite make up their mind to get rid of it, so they put half the settings in Settings, and the other half in CP. 

I like the concept of it, but it needs to be more customization, and also put in a system wide night mode toggle in there already. You have to hit 15 switches in settings to turn it all on atm.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, shermantanker said:

I like the concept of it, but it needs to be more customization, and also put in a system wide night mode toggle in there already. You have to hit 15 switches in settings to turn it all on atm.

Yeah. But dark mode apps are awesome.... Like you said, needs to be system wide. 

[Drak3]

55 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

I honestly had never heard of it or knew it existed until I got Windows 10.

You never heard about Groove, which was introduced with Windows 10 and basically nobody talked about it because it was inferior to its predecessor?

Shocking.

[AlTech]

Are you kidding me!!!! Jesus pls no.

 

................. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

I wanted to quit Spotify cos their Apps suck. I wanted to move to Groove. This is the worst possible outcome for me ......

 

Maybe I just need to stop paying for Music subscriptions until companies learn to make a compelling product worth paying for.

[AlTech]

19 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

You never heard about Groove, which was introduced with Windows 10 and basically nobody talked about it because it was inferior to its predecessor?

Shocking.

I've been trying to quit Spotify for over a year but nothing except Groove seemed like a good option. I didn't start using Groove but was planning to and now this mess happens.

[AlTech]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

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Also, OP you have a typo.

 

"60 months" should be "60 days".

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

0 I've been trying to quit Spotify for over a year but nothing except Groove seemed like a good option. I didn't start using Groove but was planning to and now this mess happens.

They're all shit. Radio or buying songs, far superior.

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

They're all shit. Radio or buying songs, far superior.

I might look into Radio and try and find other music streaming services.

[Drak3]

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

I might look into Radio and try and find other music streaming services.

I'm not talking about an app. I'm talking about a device that operates on AM and/or FM bands.

[AlTech]

Just now, Drak3 said:

I'm not talking about an app. I'm talking about a device that operates on AM and/or FM bands.

......

I ain't buying no dumb Radio device LMAO. 

[AlTech]

41 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Ew I have never touched this groove thingy, day one in a new windows 10 is set media player classic as default for every thing

The Groove app is a music player.

 

The were also selling Music and Music Passes (which is what is being discontinued). The app will still work but they won't sell music or music passes.

[MeDownYou]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

Hehe. My PC gets used for gaming an tinkering, listen to music on my phone and iPad. Though iTunes is a monster on windows. IMO, the best windows media player is Windows Media Player, but it can't play discs and stuff in Windows 10.

What are you talking about? Mine can play, read,burn CDs and DVDs and I'm on windows 10

[Drak3]

Just now, AluminiumTech said:

......

I ain't buying no dumb Radio device LMAO. 

Between good music, and the station I listen to, a good mix of new music and staples, and the second best radio show in the US, I ain't suggesting a shit streaming service that has playlists shorter than Peter Dinklage, being mostly comrpised of overplayed songs.

[Zando_]

Just now, MeDownYou said:

What are you talking about? Mine can play, read,burn CDs and DVDs and I'm on windows 10

Huh. Didn't work for my dad when he first upgraded, maybe they fixed it now. (I don't actually have a DVD drive, so IDK). 

[AlTech]

50 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

60 months free!? 

As mentioned previously. OP made a typo. 60 Days.

[MeDownYou]

Just now, Zando Bob said:

Huh. Didn't work for my dad when he first upgraded, maybe they fixed it now. (I don't actually have a DVD drive, so IDK). 

IDK what to tell ya man my 3210m laptop and my ryzen 1600 builds can both do it 

[LAwLz]

53 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

Well, not quite.  Sounds like:

• In the early days Groove had better selection, and even today has a different selection (could be good depending who you are)
• Groove didn't mess with the PC's sleep and kill the battery

"In the early days" is not a selling point today. "We used to make the most efficient car" is not exactly a great selling point, right? So "used to have a better selection" is not one either.

Not sure what the different selection is so I don't really see it as a selling point. The problem with that wording is that it would hold true even if Spotify had 99.99% of all songs in the world, and Groove had nothing but the remaining 0.01%. Does that mean people should buy Groove? No.

 

As for the battery thing, it seems like it happened in one version several years ago because of a bug, which was fixed shortly after. So I don't think that's a compelling selling point either.

 

18 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

I've been trying to quit Spotify for over a year but nothing except Groove seemed like a good option. I didn't start using Groove but was planning to and now this mess happens.

What about Google Music?

 

 

Edit:

Wait, people seriously use Windows Media Player? Are you people mentally insane or have you simply not heard of Foobar2000 yet?

[Dabombinable]

Considering I only ever tried the app once and dropped it straight away since WMP does a better job.....never knew that music could be bought through it.

[SeriousDad69]

Paying for music < YouTube to mp3 downloader lol

[LAwLz]

2 minutes ago, SeriousDad69 said:

Paying for music < YouTube to mp3 downloader lol

Having proper releases of songs instead of butchered, reencoded MP3 versions > YouTube to mp3 downloader.

[SeriousDad69]

Just now, LAwLz said:

Having proper releases of songs instead of butchered, reencoded MP3 versions > YouTube to mp3 downloader.

*tips fedora

[micahfocht]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

 

To help with the transition, Microsoft says that:

• Groove Music Pass subscribers will get 60 months free of Spotify Premium

 

That's a cool 5 years of spotify.  Sure you didn't mean 60 days?

[Megah3rtz]

1 hour ago, GoodBytes said:

catched up to

caught 

 

[TheCryoknight]

Heres to hoping that this means that they are finally making a Spotify app for the Xbox One.