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Google Music Tomorrow?

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  • 12-11-2012 9:48pm
    #1
    love that turbo
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭


    Anyone know if we are getting Google music tomorrow.
    It mentions the UK and I remember before that when we could buy apps Ireland was not mentioned but only UK,


    or am I gasping?????


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    #2
    Professey Chin
    Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    love that turbo wrote: »
    Anyone know if we are getting Google music tomorrow.
    It mentions the UK and I remember before that when we could buy apps Ireland was not mentioned but only UK,


    or am I gasping?????

    Nope. Can always be gotten through a proxy but not officially


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    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    love that turbo wrote: »
    Anyone know if we are getting Google music tomorrow.
    It mentions the UK and I remember before that when we could buy apps Ireland was not mentioned but only UK,


    or am I gasping?????

    I have it for ages, I've managed to upload about 28 gb uploaded so far. There are easy workarounds to sign up, have a Google.


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    AltAccount
    Registered Users Posts: 2,058 ✭✭✭AltAccount


    I'm in the UK at the moment and it's very frustrating the difference between UK Play and ROI Play.


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    #5
    Kenny Powers
    Registered Users Posts: 980 ✭✭✭Kenny Powers


    Wi you be able to buy track with an Irish credit card on the uk store and use Google match?


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    #6
    Patsy fyre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭Patsy fyre


    Google music is play music right?


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    #7
    long_b
    Registered Users Posts: 4,928 ✭✭✭long_b


    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    Google music is play music right?

    yup


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    Patsy fyre
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,184 ✭✭✭Patsy fyre


    long_b wrote: »

    yup
    How come I have that already though?

    Prefer the rocket player widget.


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    Varik
    Registered Users Posts: 12,483 ✭✭✭✭Varik


    Downloaded the app fine, can't check any of the cloud stuff as it gives a region errors will check in a few minutes when it's Tuesday.


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    polaris68
    Registered Users Posts: 1,717 ✭✭✭polaris68


    Kenny Powers wrote: »
    Wi you be able to buy track with an Irish credit card on the uk store and use Google match?

    Checked out the UK music store a while ago with tunnelbear and my Irish credit card on Google wallet doesn't work

    TBH it's not a patch on the US store for music selection and especially price.


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    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    Patsy fyre wrote: »
    How come I have that already though?

    Prefer the rocket player widget.

    while the app works here and you can upload your music after initially signing up through a proxy we don't have a music store. The music store is launching in the UK today.


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    Kenno90
    Registered Users Posts: 3,184 ✭✭✭Kenno90


    I have the google music app, where i can steam my music to the phone and listen to them on the browser but i can't actually buy new music. Not that tried ;)


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    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    All you need is a US proxy when you sign up to the account. After that it does not check and allows access to everything (Except store to buy music)


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    #14
    love that turbo
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭love that turbo


    Or just download expat shield.
    Have uploaded 30+ gb of music and working well.

    Expat Shield is free btw


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    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    love that turbo wrote: »
    Or just download expat shield.
    Have uploaded 30+ gb of music and working well.

    Expat Shield is free btw

    Do you still need to upload the files. I understood that they just scan your library and then match it with the music they have. I know i had to upload everything but did not think you had to do that any more.

    Also, i only needed to use the US proxy when i was signing up, not when i was uploading.


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    #16
    Journeyman_1
    Registered Users Posts: 841 ✭✭✭Journeyman_1


    Looks like we can't buy music there yet which is a shame.


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    #17
    JacksonHeightsOwn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭JacksonHeightsOwn


    lads, does anybody have an idea when google music will be 100% functional in Ireland?

    and i dont mean being able to use it with a fake address, or some other scam. :D

    i mean available so we can browse and buy music just like itunes.


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    Julius Seizure
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Julius Seizure


    chrisbonnie wrote: »
    lads, does anybody have an idea when google music will be 100% functional in Ireland?

    and i dont mean being able to use it with a fake address, or some other scam. :D

    i mean available so we can browse and buy music just like itunes.

    When we get rid of archaic digital content laws


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    #19
    JacksonHeightsOwn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭JacksonHeightsOwn


    Dubhaltach wrote: »
    When we get rid of archaic digital content laws

    how archaic are these laws, seeing as itunes has been around for years now.


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    Julius Seizure
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Julius Seizure


    chrisbonnie wrote: »

    how archaic are these laws, seeing as itunes has been around for years now.

    Couldn't tell you butttt, and this is a complete guess, could it be linked to the fact that iTunes sells you a licence where with play you get to download the MP3 to a zip archive?

    I'll do a few searches but you here it a lot around here. Note how Netflix took years to come here and a severely disabled Netflix at that


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    #21
    thebman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    Just use Spotify TBH. If your going to buy the music, it works much better to have access to a huge range for a small monthly fee.


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    #22
    Julius Seizure
    Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭Julius Seizure


    thebman wrote: »
    Just use Spotify TBH. If your going to buy the music, it works much better to have access to a huge range for a small monthly fee.
    If you are on windows phone I can't reccommend zune pass enough. On android I'm liking Grooveshark VIP. Can you save spotify locally?


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    Shane O' Malley
    Registered Users Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Shane O' Malley


    Dubhaltach wrote: »
    Couldn't tell you butttt, and this is a complete guess, could it be linked to the fact that iTunes sells you a licence where with play you get to download the MP3 to a zip archive?

    I'll do a few searches but you here it a lot around here. Note how Netflix took years to come here and a severely disabled Netflix at that

    As far as i have heard the problem with setting up a music store in Europe is that you have to negotiate with multiple organisations rather than one big one. So they leave the smaller markets until later and concentrate on getting running in the larger countries.

    It has nothing to do with the download format.

    Still plenty of places to buy music. Google Music Play is handy for hosting your entire collection in the cloud and being able to play it from any internet browser.

    Shane


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    #24
    JacksonHeightsOwn
    Registered Users Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭JacksonHeightsOwn


    thebman wrote: »
    Just use Spotify TBH. If your going to buy the music, it works much better to have access to a huge range for a small monthly fee.

    that spotify is horrible,

    the layout is shocking and there's no way im going to pay a subscription when i may not actually buy anything that month


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    #25
    rampantglory
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭rampantglory


    love that turbo wrote: »
    Or just download expat shield.
    Have uploaded 30+ gb of music and working well.

    Expat Shield is free btw

    just a note to you fella, ive had bad experiences with expat shield... well my gf has , she used it to watch tv , but used to browse while it was on.... her facebook , gmail , twitter all were hacked , from spain... i use the same laptop but always made sure expat was off and none of my accounts were hacked...

    SO be warned....


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    #26
    love that turbo
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭love that turbo


    Thanks for the warning, I'll make sure it's off.


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    #27
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    rampantglory wrote: »
    just a note to you fella, ive had bad experiences with expat shield... well my gf has , she used it to watch tv , but used to browse while it was on.... her facebook , gmail , twitter all were hacked , from spain... i use the same laptop but always made sure expat was off and none of my accounts were hacked...

    SO be warned....

    Most likely she used the same passwords everywhere than the passwords were hacked passing through the VPN. VPN traffic is encrypted, as is your Facebook session through HTTPS. What you're suggesting is impossible.


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    #28
    rampantglory
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭rampantglory


    i reckon impossible is nothin....
    and no she doesnt use the same password for every thing, i make sure of that....

    nothin was hacked before she used expat shield, and nothin has been hacked since its been uninstalled , im not saying it was expat but it certainly seems so , at least it opens you up to ....


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    #29
    mollser
    Registered Users Posts: 1,109 ✭✭✭mollser


    I used expat shield once and after about 30 seconds it had changed browser settings, was unbelievably slow to connect to anything then got a blue screen of death. Tunnelbear works like a dream though!

    Was about to upload my collection to Google Music but not all of it ;) was from legit sources, so got cold feet. Seems like you're confessing all about previous illegal downloading.

    I just wonder in years to come will authorities (music bodies or other) use their powers to swoop on these accounts and target individuals for illegally downloading?? before they would have had to get your harddrive, now you'll be telling google! Anyone any thoughts on this?


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    #30
    nedd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭nedd


    mollser wrote: »
    I just wonder in years to come will authorities (music bodies or other) use their powers to swoop on these accounts and target individuals for illegally downloading?? before they would have had to get your harddrive, now you'll be telling google! Anyone any thoughts on this?

    This will not happen.


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    #31
    rampantglory
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭rampantglory


    nedd wrote: »

    This will not happen.

    Why not? It could be assumed that at least music cops will be able to claim ownership of it and reclaim or so you.. Like they do for YouTube


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