{"id":5049,"date":"2015-09-18T18:55:27","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T18:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2015-09-18T18:55:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T18:55:27","slug":"itunes-match-has-lost-unlimited-skip-ad-free-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/18\/itunes-match-has-lost-unlimited-skip-ad-free-radio\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Match has Lost Unlimited Skip \/ Ad Free Radio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple.com\/PR, 06\/2013<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\niTunes Radio is ad-supported and free for everyone. iTunes Match\u2120 users get iTunes Radio ad-free, so instead of hearing the occasional ad on iTunes Radio, iTunes Match makes your listening completely ad-free. With iTunes Match, all your music\u2014even songs you\u2019ve imported from CDs\u2014are stored in iCloud\u00ae. So iTunes Radio can use information about your entire music collection to make your stations even more personalized. iTunes Match costs $24.99 for a year.<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, the KBase document for Apple Music Radio<\/a> has no reference to iTunes Match. Only this:<\/p>\n

\nYou don’t need an Apple Music membership to listen to Apple Music Radio. But, if you have an Apple Music membership, you can listen to on-demand music stations with no advertising on one device at a time. And you can skip as many songs as you like.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you don’t have an Apple Music membership, you can skip up to six tracks per hour per music station. After you reach your skip limit, the Skip Forward control is dimmed for 60 minutes. When you skip a song, you can see the number of remaining skips next to the Skip Forward button.*<\/em>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The KBase page for iTunes Match<\/a> doesn\u2019t mention Radio, Ads or Skipping anywhere.<\/p>\n

On Apple\u2019s Music page,<\/a> there\u2019s a table that compares having an Apple ID and having a full Apple Music subscription: It mentions limited skipping if you don\u2019t have an active Apple Music account but there is no mention of Match.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see when my trial ends if I\u2019ll lose my ability to skip radio songs. This is pretty disappointing that iTunes Match took this away without a price drop. The only function of value is the radio feature. I\u2019m going to miss the skipping and the lack of commercials but Pandora is much cheaper than Apple Music if you just want radio even at $55 a year.\u00a0