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Why Steve Jobs wants to sell you a music subscription

Lilyseymour — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:29:04 PDT

It would be nice if Steve added me to his My Space page
Lily S.
[www.myspace.com]

Lilyseymour

Why Steve Jobs wants to sell you a music subscription

Moonshine Mike — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:24:45 PDT

I buy my music via half.com and rip the MP3s into itunes, and sell the CDs back if I decide not to keep them.

This isn't hard - why don't most people do this? do they want instant gratification that bad?

Moonshine Mike

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Joe Clark — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:09:29 PDT

Maybe you people could cease reiterating the claim that a Webcam costs $100,000.

Joe Clark

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ennTOXX — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:37:34 PDT

I'm sorry, but I get most of my MP3's for free *cough* and my 3rd gen iPod still works perfect, not to mention my iPhone. So yeah, maybe I'm not a target market *sigh*, though I think new ipod owners might be. Talk about ground level strategies. At least there's only one way to go after hitting bottom. You can blame that one a new iPod every year plan, plus I thought the iTouch was the mover shaker for the new Apple scheme of things. God knows it's not the new Mac Pros or MB Airs... :||

ennTOXX

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MarcellaTullus — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 10:43:22 PDT

Comment on Why Steve Jobs wants to sell you a music subscription I would say that El Jobso is worried about the $5 internet music surcharge idea that's gaining so much press of late. Should any form of it ever come to pass, iTunes is closed. That certainly would make Steve backpedal.

MarcellaTullus

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Ke — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:48:34 PDT

@sample032: The bigger the company gets, the easier it is to become evil. It is almost like it is inevitable.

Why Steve Jobs wants to sell you a music subscription

owenmeany — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:38:53 PDT

One more reason for an artist to STEER CLEAR OF RECORD CONTRACTS. You think their accounting is shady NOW, just wait until you're an artist trying to figure out what you're owed!

owenmeany

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Jordan Golson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:13:01 PDT

@Technick: Thank you for proving my point.

Yay! You're one of the 5 percent of people who care about DRM! Woohoo!

Jordan Golson

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Fidel on the Roof — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:59:26 PDT

@matto: Probably not. I haven't been in the market for 2 years. My machine is running just fine. I just can't plug a webcam into my computer. I think I should be able to without shelling out $100k for just a camera. Logitech will more than suffice.

But spending that kind of money, there really shouldn't be any "options" to add. Making 50% on every iPod since the first generation is so juicy... why continue to screw over the computer crowd? I digress...

Anyway, I'm a reluctant mac guy.

Fidel on the Roof

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Technick — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:35:10 PDT

I finally broke down week before last and bought my first iPod and to be honest i'm kinda ready to sell it. I'm not impressed with iTunes or the iPod really.

The cat is out of the bag now and DRM Free music is all the rage now. I see this as being another mediocre service from apple, nothing more.

Technick

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matto — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:15:06 PDT

@Fidel on the Roof: is it even possible to buy a mac today that doesnt have an iSight built in? Besides the Mac Pro- and if you're dropping that cash, you really have no place to complain about adding it onto the order.

matto

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Fidel on the Roof — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:06:17 PDT

I converted to mac in '96. It was neat belonging to the mac group back then.

Now, the company will squeeze every penny out of you and has really let its fans down. Forcing users to use their proprietary stuff is uncool. I am not going to spend $100+ for a stupid webcam. The problem is, mac doesn't work with the other brands. This is one example of many.

I like their stuff. I hope another company comes around to bitch slap apple though. It is becoming like Microsoft and is becoming too full of itself.

Fidel on the Roof

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sample032 — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:43:59 PDT

And this is the company that is portrayed as being "Good," while Microsoft is "Evil." Apple is just a more monopolistic, less successful combination of Microsoft and Dell.

sample032