You have to pay for ad-supported Radio!?!?!

All I wanna do is listen to free ad supported radio on my xbox one. I can only listen to 15 songs? If Microsoft can budge, give me a pandora app! I paid $499+$180(3 games)+ $60(extra controller)+ $60(charger kit) + $60(Xbox live gold) and you can't even
give me radio WITH ads? Come on.

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The Xbox One "is going to have advertising in mind"

To retort to the tv and radio:

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With radio, you PAY for hardware to receive FREE over the air channels, commericals pay for the station. (Satellite Radio, you pay for hardware and then the service to get them COMMERCIAL FREE)

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With cable, you PAY for the cable company to pay for re-transmit licences and to host them conviently. The ads on the respective channels are used to pay for content. Some channels you have to PAY EXTRA for some COMMERCIAL FREE experience (HBO for example).

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Android phones, your paying for hardware. The iPhone, you pay for hardware and the software. On both, PAY for ad-free software or accept free software in-return for ads, much like android. Or Free to play games, which you shell out boatloads of cash. Also
gathers big data off you to create targeted ads.

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Xbox One, you PAY for the hardware and work done on the software. You PAY FULL PRICE to access the software. You PAY A FEE to make use of the additional online features (pay-walled netflix, multiplayer, etc). Will collect (big data or data) off you to further
make money of you for targeted ads or ads (possibly not even games related). Sure you can turn "off" Kinect, but the ad wont go away.

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The whole platform is a money pit, which i understand. My issue is knowing its a money pit, even to shove and ad somewhere on the dashboard, especially if you subscribe to XBLG, why is there any trace of ads?

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The entire platform screams premium model YET has traces of 'freeium', so far without the positive perks. A free game from an ad campaign or avatar content is not exciting. The stuff you acctually want to do requires you to shell money out of your pocket.

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MS is basically saying (to me anyway) no matter how much you spend, on games, movies, content, its not enough. Its not wrong for a company to want to make a profit, but I do not agree with MS tactics here.

 

Ad-Supported Free Streaming Doesn't Work?

I'm setting up my sister's new Surface RT. She isn't ready to pay for the monthly Xbox Music Pass so I figured she could use the free ad-supported streaming feature for now. So I set up her Xbox live account (approved under my account as she is under age)
but all it allows me to do is play the first 30 seconds of the song.

How do you get free ad-supported streaming to work? This better not be because I live in Canada....

 

I have seen two people now claiming they have bought an xbox one to use it as a radio,seriously????

 

[quote user="x24hrs2livex"]Is this a joke?[/quote][quote user="THEOWENKILLER"]I have seen two people now claiming they have bought an xbox one to use it as a radio,seriously?[/quote]I doubt they bought it exclusively for that feature but the media options
of the Xbox One are important to some people.

They are very important to me. I use my 360 as a media extender and won't even consider replacing it with a One until I am able to use it without having to use the Play To command to stream media.

So I don't find it strange that folk would like internet radio on their console. I'm more surprised that you two find it odd to be honest.

 

[quote user="voteDC"] I'm more surprised that you two find it odd to be honest.[/quote]

There was a guy in the feedback forum stating he only bought the xbox one to use it as a radio,and that he had no interest in games and movies.

I can not understand anyone that would buy a games console for anything other than gaming as a priority.

 

Only reason I bought my xbox one? Absolutely not. It would just be nice to listen to music on it like the 360.

 

VoteDC, exactly how I feel.

 

$60 for a PnC kit lol really dont think they are that much RRP

$24.99 on amazon

 

@Owenkiller-You find it odd that someone would buy a console for things other than gaming? Even though Microsoft is promoting it is an all-in-one ENTERTAINMENT device? When the primary ad focus is on NFL and TV ? Even when the May21 announcement made hardly
any mention of games? TV TV TV NFL TV TV COD TV TV NFL .I think your comments are what's really odd.

 

[quote user="LOWxONxHealth"]@Owenkiller-You find it odd that someone would buy a console for things other than gaming?[/quote]

No,i find it odd that people would buy a gaming console just to use it as a radio.

The guy i was referring to on another thread said he had no interest in gaming and movies, and in his original post this guy said all he wants is a radio.

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There are much cheaper ways to get a radio.

 

I think he worded it wrong.I've started many rants with "All I want to do.." when that really wasnt what I meant.OP-I believe Rome wasnt built in a day.The XB1 is still new so more apps like Pandora and Last FM will come but it takes time.Hang in there.Also
try posting in the feedback forums

 

[quote user="voteDC"]

[quote user=""]Is this a joke?[/quote][quote user="THEOWENKILLER"]I have seen two people now claiming they have bought an xbox one to use it as a radio,seriously?[/quote]I doubt they bought it exclusively for that feature but the media options
of the Xbox One are important to some people.

They are very important to me. I use my 360 as a media extender and won't even consider replacing it with a One until I am able to use it without having to use the Play To command to stream media.

So I don't find it strange that folk would like internet radio on their console. I'm more surprised that you two find it odd to be honest.

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I find it strange that the OP wants to pay for ads.

 

Do they not have the LastFM app on the One?

 

No they dont. Only music app is xbox music