We were for a short time fond of Flipkart's Flyte store. I just received a mail from Flyte mentioning they are shutting down from June 17 
Flyte MP3 Store Shutting Down
Expected,Hope Flyte Books doesnt shut down
Yeah. Don't know why they are shutting it down. Not enough Revenue?
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That's sad news, at least for me. Most my recent song purchases were through it(even though they don't provide flac).
Why? Sorry for being a noob.
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That's sad news, at least for me. Most my recent song purchases were through it(even though they don't provide flac).
Why? Sorry for being a noob.
Most of the Indian people are not yet matured to buy apps/music legally, esp when it is available for free easily.
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That's a valid point. I know of people who used to ridicule me for buying. PS : I don't want to start an anti-piracy campaign here.
Yup, exactly. "If I can get it for free, why should I pay for it?". We're a long way away from the point where Indian consumers will realize that spending Rs.50-100 for an album is not a "waste of money".
this is why we cannot have nice thingsa spotify like service wudnt be too bad
That's sad news, at least for me. Most my recent song purchases were through it(even though they don't provide flac).
Why? Sorry for being a noob.
Well,Noob has given the point
But does it really cost a LOT to run this service?
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Given our present internet infrastructure, even a streaming service won't last long here.
Though for people with 24*7 internet connectivity and who are willing to subscribe for the monthly schemes, its a better option than buying songs(for most people other than the those with a discerning ear).
Sad news.
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I'm also curious about this point. Why they are shutting down...!!! What would be maintenance to keep on track ??
I was also became a victim of ridicule as I purchased songs from Flyte.... That is common Indian people mentality..
It is,
That's why i liked the idea of buying A la Carte songs @ Rs 5-10
Now people with a good conscience are stuck with Crapple iTunes
spotify has a couple of tiers of service, the full paid service lets you download and keep files locally for playback
not officially available in india, but you can use in india if you have a registered account and then you can use perfectly
dont see why infrastructure is a problem, the only difference between piracy and digital distribution is that people dont have to pay for one. if networks are good enough for piracy, they are good enough for services. play an mmo, people from all around the world have connectivity problems some time or other. don't feel for no reason that our internet infrastructure is sooo bad also.
its the mindset, and market maturity to consume digital goods only, dont blame the wires.
not officially available in india, but you can use in india if you have a registered account and then you can use perfectly
dont see why infrastructure is a problem, the only difference between piracy and digital distribution is that people dont have to pay for one. if networks are good enough for piracy, they are good enough for services. play an mmo, people from all around the world have connectivity problems some time or other. don't feel for no reason that our internet infrastructure is sooo bad also.
its the mindset, and market maturity to consume digital goods only, dont blame the wires.
It is,
That's why i liked the idea of buying A la Carte songs @ Rs 5-10
Now people with a good conscience are stuck with Crapple iTunes
Same difference.
It's really sad!.I had bought a lot of old songs from flyte which were not easy to find. That too on 320 kbps.Is there any other sites were you can buy songs and download?
Expected.
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Lol, after seeing this thread I remembered that Flipkart had a music store. Tbh, I hardly care.
Hahahaha
Full news here on tech2 - Flipkart's Flyte MP3 store to shut down on June 17
Why so?
Because it's India. Most of the good things get depressed before they can even mature.
In this case, lack of DRM & profit killed Flyte.
i have bought over 140+ songs from flyte. why?
i believe if you say you are huge fan of suppose like Eminem and still download his songs for free thats disrespect to artist and
for me if i really like the artist and admire his work he deserve to get paid for his work and thats what i do.
have bought all the songs of artist which i like even hindi songs from Go Goa Gone.
plus piece of mind that it's original purchase and don't have to visit any paki sites with trojans.
in short: if you're a true fan/admirer of an artist buy at least one of your fav. song from their album.
p.s. Flyte was the only place where i could get Gujarati Dayaro as an MP3
i have bought over 140+ songs from flyte. why?
i believe if you say you are huge fan of suppose like Eminem and still download his songs for free thats disrespect to artist and
for me if i really like the artist and admire his work he deserve to get paid for his work and thats what i do.
have bought all the songs of artist which i like even hindi songs from Go Goa Gone.
plus piece of mind that it's original purchase and don't have to visit any paki sites with trojans.
in short: if you're a true fan/admirer of an artist buy at least one of your fav. song from their album.
p.s. Flyte was the only place where i could get Gujarati Dayaro as an MP3
Correct. But most people are so used to getting things for free, they think they have no reason to switch to this paid content distribution system. Therein lies the problem.
What if more people get the value of this service, and start buying more and more songs before they shut down (on 17 June). Will that be a game changer for Flipkart? Can that make Flipkart to reconsider their decision?
Just saying....
Just saying....
i have bought over 140+ songs from flyte. why?
i believe if you say you are huge fan of suppose like Eminem and still download his songs for free thats disrespect to artist and
for me if i really like the artist and admire his work he deserve to get paid for his work and thats what i do.
have bought all the songs of artist which i like even hindi songs from Go Goa Gone.
plus piece of mind that it's original purchase and don't have to visit any paki sites with trojans.
in short: if you're a true fan/admirer of an artist buy at least one of your fav. song from their album.
p.s. Flyte was the only place where i could get Gujarati Dayaro as an MP3
2 days back saw two guys at rajouri garden who walked out from verna having s4 n downloading songs from djmaza n installing pirated apps..
Here in india well educated decent guys just thinks buy a 40k phone n then flood it with pirated apps
another simple thing i believe in.
pirated apps? why anyone would release something that is paid for free?
will leave upto you to think LOL.
if i don't get anything return for releasing paid items for free why would i bother and spend time on cracking it.
pirated apps? why anyone would release something that is paid for free?
will leave upto you to think LOL.
if i don't get anything return for releasing paid items for free why would i bother and spend time on cracking it.
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if the content is getting free outside ...why should people will buy ?
bunch of ifs, no one has got digital distribution totally right yet, licenses may have something to do with it as well
it is more convenient to store all your stuff in the cloud than moving the data around on multiple hard drives, and maintaining those drives
you can have easy access to all your content from anywhere
paying for a lot of content at one go can get you to constantly consume more stuff than you would otherwise purchase or pirate. amazon prime, spotify (perfect for this sort of thing), not really itunes match.
assured bandwidth from servers for downloading
what flyte did right - price drops to free, exclusives, drm free
what flyte did wrong - ease of payment, subscription based options to make it more appealing, present it more as a service (that's what it actually was) rather than a storefront.
piracy is meh. to physically get the files, it's not like they are available in all formats and all bitrates. only popular ones are available for a time, and they disappear. youtube, 8tracks and grooveshark are all good for instant music, but ripping from them is too impractical.
very sad news
for content freely available dialogue -- one cannot get good quality old songs
for content freely available dialogue -- one cannot get good quality old songs
Now we are stuck with Crapple S#iTunes
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Expected
You are the 3rd person to say this
and some *random* person will be the 3rd person to ask "why" or "how"
Well,you can't change anything in India Now.
99% Of the people are born and start pirating, while In usa and other counterparts buy songs/apps etc.
Here it's like Mr.X pirates and shares it with his group of friends etc.
99% Of the people are born and start pirating, while In usa and other counterparts buy songs/apps etc.
Here it's like Mr.X pirates and shares it with his group of friends etc.
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CommanderShawnzer said:
Why ?Expected
Because this is INDIAA. Folks(Some does) doesn't want to buy apps, songs, movie.
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I'm a phucking Psychic
how?
on-topic: been ages since i listened to a song (yup) ...this news hardly affects me but i wanna say that people shud be taught the importance of intellectual property rights, specifically in the digital world. This piracy mess is so enmeshed into our society that it luks weird if someone buys a copy of Windows (separately from purchasing a laptop)
totally
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Thieves will be thieves. Just because what they were stealing has become a little cheaper wont stop them for stealing. I stopped pirating music altogether after flyte was introduced and I am not planning to go back even after it is stopped. My thoughts go with flyte. I will keep my fingers crossed for it to come back soon.
Your first two sentences contradict the third.
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Have you heard about conversion?? Its not only in religion but in other fields too.
And this also to prove I am not a thief.
And this also to prove I am not a thief.
yep, what about india. wires are not a problem, bandwidth and connectivity is more than enough to support such services, in fact, it may not be able to support uncontrolled hogging of files - downloading the internet.
piracy being a lot here is also not a problem. it is a problem in the sense people buy pirated DVDs of music and movies, but there is piracy is all over the world also, and piracy still is filling in the gap of availability, maybe bollywood films get pirated elsewhere where they are not easily purchasable.
so what is it about india? is it just that people dont use credit cards? then that's really good - awesome, in fact. would some kind of pre-paid currency that you can buy at local kirana stores just like mobile recharges help enough to sustain such services?
or is it just that the indian storefronts are still not india centric enough
lol how can you expect Indians/us to pay for mp3's. No wonder it closed.
what if albums were released on flyte a week before anywhere else?
The only way these things can live, is by throwing in some offers blah blah etc, like say buy a mobile and get a voucher worth 500 bucks to download via flyte or something like that.
On the other hand,flipkart had a free music week maybe that had caused the loss?
Better start moving to google books too, you never know if flyte books closes too
On the other hand,flipkart had a free music week maybe that had caused the loss?
Better start moving to google books too, you never know if flyte books closes too
Indian culture is to blame.
Look at the bright side. We still have time until June 17th to buy all the songs we want !.
have a look at the mp3 wallet
Wondering why they gave away so much music just before they shut it down
Found this on the Hungama app, convincing enough ?
Found this on the Hungama app, convincing enough ?
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OT : How is hungama? Are the content DRM protected? What about the audio quality provided, pricing etc? Content availability is good as for all the songs that I searched are there.
As of now, there FAQ page doesn't seem to work.
have a look at the mp3 wallet
My wallet shows Rs 0 balance. Did they fill yours?
Obsessed with Apple. You and doomgiver will never learn. If trolls like you actually used the Store on iTunes 11, you'll realise that it is indeed excellent. DRM-free music is another bonus.
But no, you'll pirate music and continue trolling. You didn't use Flyte and you will not use iTunes. Good luck.
Here's some advice, use Grooveshark or Saavn or YouTube and listen legally for free. Much better than pirating.
sadly,no.But i really milked the whole website during the free anniversary promotion downloads !
It was just Rs 200. I bought two albums.
My wallet shows Rs 0 balance. Did they fill yours?
Obsessed with Apple. You and doomgiver will never learn. If trolls like you actually used the Store on iTunes 11, you'll realise that it is indeed excellent. DRM-free music is another bonus.
But no, you'll pirate music and continue trolling. You didn't use Flyte and you will not use iTunes. Good luck.
Here's some advice, use Grooveshark or Saavn or YouTube and listen legally for free. Much better than pirating.
Meh.
I used to listed to free streamed songs on Gaana.com,before i got myself a phone.
Everyone does not have a debit card.
@Doom : O Brother,Where Art Thou?
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listen to the songs on some free legal websites like Gaana.com or maybe Youtube Vids to..
But,
IF YOU LIKE IT, BUY IT
But,
IF YOU LIKE IT, BUY IT
They should have gone for something like Saavn, and build business upon that. I thought it was great to have an online music store in the beginning, but the idea is stupid for us indians.
uh youtube... legal? ok
grooveshark, again dicey, it's not entirely legal Lawsuit claims Grooveshark workers posted 100,000 pirated songs | Media Maverick - CNET News
some of it compulsory broadcasting, they stream first and worry about licensing or paying up the artists later
saavn checks out though pro version allows you to save songs for playback later
grooveshark, again dicey, it's not entirely legal Lawsuit claims Grooveshark workers posted 100,000 pirated songs | Media Maverick - CNET News
some of it compulsory broadcasting, they stream first and worry about licensing or paying up the artists later
saavn checks out though
pro version allows you to save songs for playback later
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I tried hungama today. I dont know how they are working it out legally, but I bought a super-value pack for Rs.99, with which I can get 99 songs for download (DRM-free). I downloaded 'yeh jawani hai diwani', the whole album for just rs.9 . There is a downside though, the music is 128kbps. Well, it cant be fairer than this.
. There is a downside though, the music is 128kbps. Well, it cant be fairer than this.
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@kaudney.
IMO , 320 KBPS @ 50 is better than 128 KBPS@ 9.
anyways, good for those who don't care about the Quality...
IMO , 320 KBPS @ 50 is better than 128 KBPS@ 9.
anyways, good for those who don't care about the Quality...
Bought a couple of old boney m hits today. Great songs!