Amazon Music’s entire library is now free for Prime subscribers
by David Pierce from The Verge - All Posts on (#65B6W)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is expanding its music offering, opening up its full catalog of 100 million songs in Amazon Music to Prime subscribers at no extra charge. The company is also offering many of its in-house podcasts and a selection of others, ad-free, in the app. You'll still need a separate subscription if you want Amazon Music to really rival Spotify and Apple Music, but Amazon's service is becoming a seriously compelling (sort of) free option.
The difference in tiers is all about access. All Prime members will be able to access the entire Amazon Music catalog, but not fully on demand; you can shuffle any artist, album, or playlist, Amazon says, but you can't just select a song and hit play. For that - and to play songs in higher fidelity or with...