Apple will shut down Lala.com May 31, 2010 according to a message posted on the music streaming Web site.  Apple acquired the site in December 2009 and users are now being directed to iTunes with account credit being shifted there as well.  Users will no longer have access to stream the songs they had in their Lala collections and many took to Twitter to voice their opposition of the move.

Some where upset about having their credit moved to iTunes:

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   CarterCole #Lala will be discontinued as of May 31, 2010 and will pay me out in apple credits thats bs i dont use #apple and payed in like $20 thats 30 Apr 2010 from web
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   denewbgp Why #lala?? Cause apple bought thats why. I bought web songs and all im getting is some lame itunes credit 30 Apr 2010 from HTC Peep
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   AaronIsaacs Also lala, thanks for that huge 10 cent credit to iTunes for every web song. How about you give us the song as a download from iTunes? #lala 30 Apr 2010 from Twittelator

Other music Web sites were often mentioned as alternatives by Lala users:

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   buiter Dear #Apple, Thanks for shutting down #LaLa. Screw you guys, I’m going back to @pandora_radio and @amazonmp3. 30 Apr 2010 from Chromed Bird
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   bryall very sad to see #lala shutting down I dont want to go back to Pandora =/ 30 Apr 2010 from TweetDeck

Some expressed sadness and others were angry with Apple:

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   danallen Very sad news. I loved the openness and open-sourceness of Lala. RT @debraallen: #lala is shutting down on May 31st. FYI 30 Apr 2010 from TweetDeck
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   DelugeIA Apple buys LaLa.com for $80M; shuts them down 5 months later. Competition? What competition? http://www.lala.com/ #lala #apple #appholes 30 Apr 2010 from web
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   halfwintr I hate Apple sooo much right now! Evil jerks! http://www.lala.com/shutdown #LaLa #Apple 30 Apr 2010 from web
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   falloutkid BOOO! Lala.com is being shut down by owner Apple. If you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em, and then shut them down. #lala #defeatofinnovation #fail 30 Apr 2010 from TweetDeck

Speculation was common about Apple’s plan in light of this move, especially on a cloud based iTunes program:

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   michaelomh So LaLa.com is closing. Presume Apple are replacing it with a (hopefully international) cloud player? Annoying for P4K especially if not 30 Apr 2010 from Seesmic
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   schpok Rhapsody lets users dwnload MP3s 4 free. Spotify US launch planned ths year. Apple ownd lala.com closes May 31st. iTunes cloud MUST b coming 30 Apr 2010 from TweetDeck
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   trndng Apple is shutting down @lala_com. Hopefully they have something planned to replace it. #lala #apple 30 Apr 2010 from Tweetie
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   chasemacri really hopes #apple creates a free cloud music service as awesome as #lala in light of this unfortunate event 30 Apr 2010 from mobile web
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   schramry Ticked that Apple has killed #LaLa! #iTunes in the cloud sounds cool, but only if it is retroactive to your library. Which it won’t be. 30 Apr 2010 from web