Google hints at Play Music for other platforms, says YouTube integration 'likely'：
Google today announced Play Music All Access, a music service with subscription features that competes with Spotify and Rdio — building on Google's existing music store and cloud service that competes with iTunes and Amazon. That's a compelling mix of features, but Google still faces plenty of challenges as it attempts to establish itself as a credible competitor in the rapidly changing music space.
嗯嗯，這的確是一個新的模式，至少目前來說。
Apple 有 iTunes 賣音樂，要弄個 iRadio 又得瞻前顧後，免得兄弟鬩牆。Spotify 只租不賣，已經另闢蹊徑找到線上賣音樂外可行的商業模式，更不可能再回頭自找麻煩。
Google 財大氣粗，又沒包袱，的確是目前檯面上可放手一搏的咖。另外一個則是老牌的 Microsoft，雖然後者有多次的慘痛經驗（還記得 Zune 吧，不過可別忘了他還有 XBox ）。
文中提到的幾個問題的確也都是 Google 要面對和解決的：跨系統和社群整合等。就讓我們看下去吧…
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