Microsoft ripped me off

[Studmuffin1134]

I got hit with the fail hammer due to the fact that microsoft killed of groove and moved over to spotify which is inferior to what they had going feature wise and then when i went to get a refund they said no get a spotify subscription which basicly took the music i paid for put it behind a montly paywall and then not let me get my money back pretty slick guys 

[Guest]

Didn't they have music download available until the Dec. 30th cut-off?

[emosun]

every day vinyl records are looking better and better

[Guest]

They sent messages out a while ago telling you to download your collection to OneDrive (If it wasn't already, mine was) or elsewhere.

[Cyberspirit]

9 minutes ago, emosun said:

every day vinyl records are looking better and better

Why are those coming back?

 

[Studmuffin1134]

i know but they should have kept it up for people that actually spent money on their service or offered refunds since it was them that shut it down 

[emosun]

3 minutes ago, Cyberspirit said:

Why are those coming back?

Yeah it's weird huh? It's mostly the younger generation keeping records alive. 

 

here we have someone who has lost their digital library only a few years maybe after buying it. yet a vinyl record copy of a song can be upwards of 50-60 years old and still be played which is the definitive version of "owning a copy". 

[Studmuffin1134]

if the community can help we can get this post noticed 

[Cyberspirit]

Just now, emosun said:

Yeah it's weird huh? It's mostly the younger generation keeping records alive. 

 

here we have someone who has lost their digital library only a few years maybe after buying it. yet a vinyl record copy of a song can be upwards of 50-60 years old and still be played which is the definitive version of "owning a copy". 

Sure it's a nice thing to have but, I personally always hated discs because, if it gets damaged then they become unusable.

I like having everything saved down in multiple places just in case.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Studmuffin1134 said:

i know but they should have kept it up for people that actually spent money on their service or offered refunds since it was them that shut it down 

I don't get it... They sent out lots of notices from October to the end of December (and every time you opened groove) that the service was shutting down. They then gave options to retrieve your music. How exactly have they ripped you off if you ignored the notice? I think I'm missing something here.

[Studmuffin1134]

yeah that is why i bought from them becuse i could download it with no problem well i guess that changed might as well do my bussiness with apple

[Studmuffin1134]

its all about the idea that they did not allow you to download the music you purchased through spotify for free 

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Cyberspirit said:

if it gets damaged then they become unusable.

yeah and if microsoft deletes the service then they become VERY unusable. lol

but yea all my music is just mp3 files on a hard drive I don't do records , but i understand their appeal and they keep looking better and better all the time.

but i'd say just regular mp3s saved on a hard drive are pretty much the best option.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, Studmuffin1134 said:

its all about the idea that they did not allow you to download the music you purchased through spotify for free 

Spotify is streaming service. You were supposed to download through Groove before the cut-off.

Also, please use the quote function.

[Studmuffin1134]

i donnot like spotify

[DildorTheDecent]

3 minutes ago, Studmuffin1134 said:

its all about the idea that they did not allow you to download the music you purchased through spotify for free 

You can't properly download Spotify tracks since they're encrypted. Well you can sync them to play them offline but you can't use your own player.

 

Gotta love DRM + propriety software.

[Studmuffin1134]

see you cannot even download them anyway

[michaelocarroll007]

The Groove Music Pass streaming service was discontinued on January 1, 2018. The built-in Groove Music app will continue to play all the music you’ve purchased and downloaded or uploaded to OneDrive, but will no longer stream or play any Groove Music Pass content.  

 

We’ll continue to update the Groove Music app so you can play your purchased music, including the tracks you’ve uploaded to OneDrive. On December 31, 2017, the option to stream, purchase, and download music from Groove Music was discontinued. If your purchased music has been downloaded you’ll still be able to listen to it. 

 

You had Months to download the music to a OneDrive account and the Functions would still work on all the Songs you Purchased.

If you want to use the Streaming side Music pass That existed you just have to get another streaming service to provide this for you.

You didn't get ripped off in this case at all.  Companies close all the time its aloud. 

[Studmuffin1134]

i know 

 

[vanished]

34 minutes ago, emosun said:

Yeah it's weird huh? It's mostly the younger generation keeping records alive. 

 

here we have someone who has lost their digital library only a few years maybe after buying it. yet a vinyl record copy of a song can be upwards of 50-60 years old and still be played which is the definitive version of "owning a copy". 

They wear out over time though, unlike a digital copy.  And sure, digital files can be lost, or damaged, but so can a record.

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

They wear out over time though, unlike a digital copy.  And sure, digital files can be lost, or damaged, but so can a record.

ok neato?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

They wear out over time though, unlike a digital copy.  And sure, digital files can be lost, or damaged, but so can a record.

Why is the side conversation the only thing that makes sense in this thread?! lol

[vanished]

13 minutes ago, emosun said:

ok neato?

My point is you can own digital files as well and it's no less real than owning a physical copy.

[emosun]

Just now, Ryan_Vickers said:

My point is you can own digital files as well and it's no less real than owning a physical copy.

 

31 minutes ago, emosun said:

but yea all my music is just mp3 files on a hard drive I don't do records

ok then......

[Nocte]

25 minutes ago, Studmuffin1134 said:

see you cannot even download them anyway

So now you want to download songs, after you did not save your library before Groove got shut down?

Furthermore, you can download the songs on all supported devices. You just have to use their player.

45 minutes ago, Studmuffin1134 said:

if the community can help we can get this post noticed 

And? If they shut it off it meant they were losing money with it (not surprising as Soundcloud, Spotify & Co. are yet to report profits). Noticed or not, they are not gonna reopen it.