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Apple Selling Ads on iTunes?
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If they are going to use adds then they should either reduce the prices significantly, or make them free. I can always rip from a CD, I don't need to visit the iTunes store.
LOL, I guess we can always put the iTunes store in the blocked list of sites and applications for all members of my family. LOLschatten said:
Jetson said:
Have you actually been to amazon.com?
They have sponsored links in the middle of their product listings.
I find it difficult to believe that anyone could come up with worse advertising and cross linking than Amazon have, spread all throughout their website.
If advertising does get added to the iTunes store then one thing it will never result in is lower prices for music or video. The prices are set and agreed with the owners of the material, who if anything want it to be sold at higher prices. Lower prices would just devalue their product.
camomac said:yeah, pay not to have ad's.... that does seem reasonable... hmmm
Err.....it's not exactly an earthshaking paradigm. Many websites operate this way.
As long as its out of the way (i.e. in the bottom left album art window), then I really don't mind at all. I just don't want to be seeing banner ads in the store...
Sounds familiar, doesn't it? I can't wait until there is spyware to download toomcarnes said:And so it begins.
Even better would be to put ads right on my desktop This is precicely why I didn't use that foolish iTunes store thingy at the bottom of my library... hey wait, it's gone
They must have removed it (please don't tell me where to find it if it is still thereI'm not listening, la,la,la,laaaaa).Just don't add it to the free songs I download
I don't purchase music from iTunes because of DRM and low quality, but I do download the free ones that are available and yes, I have purchased a CD from a couple of the artists. Just don't put ads on the beginning of songs Apple!
I don't purchase music from iTunes because of DRM and low quality, but I do download the free ones that are available and yes, I have purchased a CD from a couple of the artists. Just don't put ads on the beginning of songs Apple!
well, i don't see a problem here.
the only thing is, i hope they keep the ad's media related. ie, tv shows, movies for sale. new artists needing promotion.
not nestle ad's/
they ought to make the ad's match what they sell. just like record stores, or video stores.
the only thing is, i hope they keep the ad's media related. ie, tv shows, movies for sale. new artists needing promotion.
not nestle ad's/
they ought to make the ad's match what they sell. just like record stores, or video stores.
Ads
As an Apple shareholder, I hope that this generates revenue from the ads. I also can see car companies advertising their products on there, since they support iPod connectivity.
As an Apple shareholder, I hope that this generates revenue from the ads. I also can see car companies advertising their products on there, since they support iPod connectivity.
provided these ads are just ran in the store I really see no issue here at all, now if apple builds in a permanent ad box into iTunes that can't be minimized than yes, there's a problem. But 3rd party ads in the store arean't an issue.
It's a good job the ads market isn't completely saturated with ads absolutely everywhere with people trying to find ways all the time to get rid of them and content providers completely oblivious to the resentment building against them.
So, when's TiVo coming out with an iTunes Store client?
So, when's TiVo coming out with an iTunes Store client?
It won't bother me if......
.....the ads are not like the Apple ads that come up from time to time on the Apple.com homepage. I hate those. With their TV ads, the homepage takes longer to load, the sound comes blasting out if I'd had it turned up to listening to music and when you've seen the thing over and over it gets really monotonous.
If they had simple small banner ads, I really wouldn't care. Who knows? It might even be an ad for a product that I'd like to buy!! Wow, what a great idea!
They probably don't want you to look at it as advertising, though. Why, it's information on products and services that Apple (in their unbridled benevolence) thinks it's valued customers might be interested in. Yes. It's more like sharing.......and as long as one is not "sharing" music files, then I'm sure sharing is probably good.
Isn't it?
Hal
.....the ads are not like the Apple ads that come up from time to time on the Apple.com homepage. I hate those. With their TV ads, the homepage takes longer to load, the sound comes blasting out if I'd had it turned up to listening to music and when you've seen the thing over and over it gets really monotonous.
If they had simple small banner ads, I really wouldn't care. Who knows? It might even be an ad for a product that I'd like to buy!! Wow, what a great idea!
They probably don't want you to look at it as advertising, though. Why, it's information on products and services that Apple (in their unbridled benevolence) thinks it's valued customers might be interested in. Yes. It's more like sharing.......and as long as one is not "sharing" music files, then I'm sure sharing is probably good.
Isn't it?
Hal
Apple is already trying to sell songs in their store, putting ads for something else would hurt their sales. If someone puts a podcast in Apples store, and Apple makes money off of them, shouldn't the podcaster get some of that money? If on the same website you have artists making money and artists not making money, that would be awkward.
Whatever
OK Apple Shmapple.
Or should we call you Mr. Shmicrosoft?
If you could make money thru ads would you pass it up?
Apple will not make itself look like Brand X.
By the way, what do you think Brand X will do to generate hype and sales for Zune?
Apple Shmapple said:
OK Apple Shmapple.
Or should we call you Mr. Shmicrosoft?
If you could make money thru ads would you pass it up?
Apple will not make itself look like Brand X.
By the way, what do you think Brand X will do to generate hype and sales for Zune?
Psychic Shopper said:
not if it is an ipod related accessory, car, or who knows.
also, remember that regular record stores get people to pay for ad's in store, or in their print advertising.
i wouldnt bet against Apple starting newspaper ad's, emails and more, with ad supported promotion.
I can't believe no-one has said 'SpiralFrog' yet.
Maybe this would be Apple trying to head that off somehow - something like ads for free/low price track-by-track ('à la carte', as is now) customers, no ads for new subscription-model customers (who could get a set-number-of-tracks allowance per month). I do think Spiralfrog could eat into iTunes if they don't do something about it.
Maybe this would be Apple trying to head that off somehow - something like ads for free/low price track-by-track ('à la carte', as is now) customers, no ads for new subscription-model customers (who could get a set-number-of-tracks allowance per month). I do think Spiralfrog could eat into iTunes if they don't do something about it.
Clive At Five said:
Hear hear! ...and its only on the store section of iTunes....I still buy CD's and DVD's so I rarely visit the store, thus I rarely see advertising.