google music beta
Google at its annual I/O conference just announced Music Beta, a music streaming solution similar to the recent Amazon Cloud Player and the alleged, forth coming iTunes Music Locker. What I find most interesting is a phrase near the bottom of the initial splash screen.
Music Beta is available free for a limited time.
This would mark a big departure for Google, the company that has thrived on giving away ad-supported software. Why don’t Android users buy apps? Why would they? They have been accustomed to getting the software that is most important to them for free. I think once Google moves Music to a paid service, it’s going to meet a lot of resistance. People in Google’s ecosystem are just not used to paying with cold hard cash.
May 10, 2011 at 11:17 am