G+_Tom Gehrke Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Twitter Music on Android I could be missing something, but it looks like Twitter Music is another iOS first (only?) launch. Is that right? This statement also seems a bit insulting... "You can download Twitter #music from the App Store today, or enjoy the web version, which will be rolling out over the next few hours: music.twitter.com." The App Store? As if there is the only one and that belonging to Apple? If I've missed something, just slap me and I'll calm down. Or I'll just cut down on my caffeine intake. (No I won't...) http://blog.twitter.com/2013/04/now-playing-twitter-music.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Roy Hembree Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Regarding The App Store, it also cheeses me when I see articles in my Reader going on about new apps and the journalist/blogger fails to note in the first few paragraphs if the apps are iOS only. There is still an assumption that Apple is the only show in town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_James Dowmont Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Apple's store is literally called The App Store. Google's is called Google Play. Amazon is the Amazon Appstore (one word, not two). Apple got there first, so they get the privilege of trademarking the name. With that said, does anyone really care what app store gets this doofy twitter music "thing"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cass Morrison Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Twitter music is iOS only right now probably to give access in as many countries as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Gehrke Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Roy Hembree Right there with you. James Dowmont I understand that on some level (legal, marketing, among the cool kids) Apple has "The App Store" locked down. We get it, but how many will? The issue here isn't some legalistic debate or even necessarily a doofy Twitter music thing. It's about perception and the creation of confusion in the larger marketplace. Does anyone really regularly refer to the Google store as "Google Play" in real life conversations? I typically call it "the app store" or "the store" or "the Google app store" depending on my audience. Similarly with the Apple store. It's all about context. Twitter should be making sure that people understand that this is only available in app form to Apple customers. That story will be picked up by journalists and bloggers and rely on them to clarify. And as Roy Hembree pointed out, that's just not likely to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ricky Cash Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 With this move I think Twitter has shown what they think of Android users. They can take their whole service ios only as far as I'm concerned. They continue to be a Bush League organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Cass Morrison Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Most of the stuff I follow on twitter I follow here. The only content better on twitter is Jeri Ryan and Samsung Canada has a mobile specific presence - with contests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ricky Cash Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I hear you. To me Twitter is like a morbid curiosity. I have yet to find it useful but so many people rant and rave about it I feel I must be missing something. In all these years that has seldom been the case. I watched The Oscars this year with G+. We had a great time. I still don't like seeing Android users being disrespected by these major social companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Tom Gehrke Posted April 19, 2013 Author Share Posted April 19, 2013 For the record, I'm pretty active on both Twitter and Google+, but I use them for different things. I like music discovery so I was looking forward to this. Now my options are limited and I have to decide if it's worth my time and effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ricky Cash Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 I never post anything on Twitter but follow a bunch of celebrities and people like Leo and Josh from the Verge. Can't imagine caring what kind of music they like. I'm just an old man set in his ways though. So there you go.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_James Dowmont Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Since you asked, yes, I do refer to Google's offering as the Play Store or Google Play and I usually refer to anything available through Amazon as being on Amazon's store. One good way to make sure people know the difference is for those of us that do know the difference to actually put said knowledge to good use. I actually find Google's naming convention quite refreshing, since I can just say "got it on Google Play" about anything that is on offer there. It's one App on my device for everything, which gives them a distinct advantage over Amazon and Apple, both of whom divide all their offerings into specific apps, depending on what you're after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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