Zune Music Service is Dead

[Mr. Analog]

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3005309/microsoft-subnet/microsoft-kills-off-zune-music-service.html

Apparently they folded "Zune Pass" into "Xbox Music Pass" so if you HAD a Zune Pass you should still have all your stuff.

[Tom]

When I read about it it sounded like you lose a bunch of features, and its possible some music will just go away... Services can really suck.

[Mr. Analog]

From what I was reading this morning Pass users were given the option to download DRM-free MP3s over the locked-in WMA files

[Tom]

Ah, thats not bad then. at least you can get your music out of it. Some of the features you're losing kinda suck.

[Mr. Analog]

That's for sure. Content services are a double edged sword.

I've had my share of issues with Google Play, I changed my default email on my phone profile and it wouldn't let me play the album I had bought (even though those emails are linked)

At least they let me download a DRM unencumbered version of it, it took me a while to figure out