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iTunes Store Reaches 10 Billion Downloads
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well for me the iTunes Store is down I get
iTunes Store is currently unavailable
So maybe they are busy crediting my account for the $10,000
iTunes Store is currently unavailable
So maybe they are busy crediting my account for the $10,000
Yeah, the iPod Classic 160GB can hold $39,600 worth of 128Kbps AAC songs
I stand corrected!
I'm kind of suprised that most downloaded songs of all time were released relatively recently, like " I gotta feeling", that was a summer 2009 song, and it climbed to the top in less a year? wow.
This is undoubtedly a milestone for Apple.
That is the point: FOR Apple. I see some parallels here with TOYOTA. TOYOTA became obsessed with their goal in becoming the automobile manufacturer with the greatest volume of sales. We all know what this has led to and Akio Toyoda admitted to getting their priorities mixed up. I would sincerely and honestly hate for Apple to go down the same path.
I hope that the winner lives in the USA as they will benefit most as they have the largest selection of contents on iTunes. I hope to goodness it is not someone in Japan as they will have a hard time trying to spend this amount on the limited contents in Japan.
I often wonder what exactly the local Apple companies are doing in each country. I would hope that they are constantly and conscientiously working towards lobbying contents providers to put their products onto iTunes. Whilst the blame may lie mostly with the hard headed attitude of the contents providers, I feel that we also have to question and apply pressure onto Apple to make more of an effort in this area. I simply feel that effort is somewhat lacking.
The wonderful technology that Apple has given us is full of promises and potential. Therefore, when the corresponding content is not available to us, the feeling of dissatisfaction is all the greater.
I don't think Apple is like Toyota and was obsessed. They simply announced the milestone was approaching That wasn't gonna stop. No doubt it was accelerated a tad bit by people trying to win, but it was gonna happen.
Wont the person who downloaded the 10 billionth song be the winner, how will a person who fills out a free form win? But for the record, I got my entry form in when the counter was at 9,999,999,960 and it struck 10 billion as soon as I got the thank you message. So I gues I have a 1 in 40 chance to win since my entry counted.
Sadly, it's a common misconception that the counter is accurate.
The counter is an extrapolated number from the number updated to this address.
And these numbers are delayed an hour as to prevent anyone from being able to guess the time.
It's depressing, but truly fair.
Sadly, I doubt I won because I would have expected to receive an email by now. I'm sure the winner has been contacted by now.
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution website, a man from Woodstock, Georgia (North Atlanta) won the contest. (I scanned through the thread and hadn't seen where the winner was posted yet.)
http://www.ajc.com/news/woodstock-man-wins-10-329325.html
http://www.ajc.com/news/woodstock-man-wins-10-329325.html