Does Steve Jobs bear grudges?
Oh what a mediocre, restricted world we still live in.
Apple spent months and months developing a brand new integrated approach to selling/downloading/playing/managing music. They set a standard that, apart from some tweaking, is precisely what the customer needs in the current state of music distribution, and shows a shaft of light to the music industry. Then what happens?
HP, MS et al phone up the big five, who arrange a whole licencing deal over a cup of coffee without any competitive disadvantage for coming along late. Then HP and MS monopolists use their financial muscle to buy up some 3rd party hick town mp3 player, and launch an Apple lookalike service that gives the consumer a mediocre service that works, but only just.
The innovative HPs and MS probably just about understand that the music store is purely a sexy marketing tool. They definitely understand that customers in a homogenous grey world do stick with what they know. So they will chuck loads of mud at their existing huge customer base, know that much of it will stick, and believe that thats how they will keep going head to head with Apple before swamping them in grey.
Jobs says Apple excel because they love what they do. I hope Steve Jobs is smiling politely at the Big Five while he rapidly lays the foundation for sticking his finger up at them. If they could be the hub of a www of independent distributors, that would change the way the music industry worked and reward Apple and the consumer rather.At the moment, Apple are famous for the iPod and pioneering a neat new outlet for rip off Big Fives.
Oh what a mediocre, restricted world we still live in.
Apple spent months and months developing a brand new integrated approach to selling/downloading/playing/managing music. They set a standard that, apart from some tweaking, is precisely what the customer needs in the current state of music distribution, and shows a shaft of light to the music industry. Then what happens?
HP, MS et al phone up the big five, who arrange a whole licencing deal over a cup of coffee without any competitive disadvantage for coming along late. Then HP and MS monopolists use their financial muscle to buy up some 3rd party hick town mp3 player, and launch an Apple lookalike service that gives the consumer a mediocre service that works, but only just.
The innovative HPs and MS probably just about understand that the music store is purely a sexy marketing tool. They definitely understand that customers in a homogenous grey world do stick with what they know. So they will chuck loads of mud at their existing huge customer base, know that much of it will stick, and believe that thats how they will keep going head to head with Apple before swamping them in grey.
Jobs says Apple excel because they love what they do. I hope Steve Jobs is smiling politely at the Big Five while he rapidly lays the foundation for sticking his finger up at them. If they could be the hub of a www of independent distributors, that would change the way the music industry worked and reward Apple and the consumer rather.At the moment, Apple are famous for the iPod and pioneering a neat new outlet for rip off Big Fives.
