[bedhead]

My god, how can Apple be this bad at services that they need to acquire a garbage product like Tidal?? Tidal is junk, an elitist music streaming service that does more to screw over any artist not in the top 25 grossing than Spotify ever could. Jay-Z is a $%^$ing hack and for the first time I'm extremely disappointed with Apple's strategy assuming they do this deal.

[Moto7451]

I don't think they care about the service. They already bought one system and rebranded it. Doing it again makes little sense. They likely care more about the users and exclusive agreements they signed. Even if those aren't transferable, the removal of Tidal from the market will lead to new negotiations. Remember that iTunes/Apple Music exclusives are a great way to battle Play Music, Spotify, and Prime Music.

[coldtea]

>My god, how can Apple be this bad at services

Apple services, from iTunes to the App Stores and iCloud are actually generating tens of billions of dollars per year.

Apple is just buying Tidal (if they do) for the userbase (and some content deals).

>Jay-Z is a $%^$ing hack

Good thing any such acquisition is not implying anything about Jay-Z's worth as an artist then.