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Best Buy Releases Their Own Music Cloud

Posted by Soulskill on from the johnny-come-lately dept.

thewebblogger writes "In a move that more resembles 'me too' behavior rather than a well planned release, Best Buy has announced their own music cloud service, called simply Best Buy Music Cloud. The functionality is not complete yet; iOS / Android applications are not available at this point, and the only part that works is the Web Player. The premium version will cost $3.99/month and you'll have to upload your own music. iTunes is mandatory."

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  1. Re:Best Buy + iTunes? by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    Same place you register to vote, I'd guess.

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  2. Re:But...I already have my own music by hsjserver · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes but for only $3.99 a month they could own your music!

  3. Business strategy by Albanach · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This sounds a lot like a way to add on a $3.99 recurring charge to new PC sales for Best Buy. I'd expect to see them pushing this heavily in store with new computer sales, and a lot of folk buying it then never using it. Allow cancelling only by telephone and only after waiting 20 minutes in a phone queue and that should keep their retention rate nice and high.

  4. Re:Kinda silly by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Client/server" is some 70's academic hippie crap. We prefer to think of it as the "Consumer/Premium Content Provider" model. In the near future, we have high hopes for the "Serf/Lord" model. -RIAA