Would Apple see more sign-ups to MobileMe if it were free? Undoubtedly, but lowering it from $99/year to $20 will still be advantageous for them. That’s if these latest rumors are correct. The cloud-based “back-up” service we last heard about has been mentioned again, and is beginning to sound very likely.
https://gizmodo.com/apple-considering-unlimited-downloads-of-itunes-purchas-5776395
Instead of streaming songs like Rdio, Rhapsody and Spotify, Apple’s “music locker” (as it’s been dubbed by those in-the-know) would back-up individuals’ songs downloaded from iTunes, so they could theoretically be downloaded again for free to individual iProducts, instead of syncing them. [The Music Void via 9to5Mac via BusinessInsider]
