NBC Rhetoric vs. iTunes Increases

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There are two ways to get ahead in this world.

One is to be better and let your products speak for themselves.

The other way is to bash others products to deflect deficiencies in your own product.

I've seen managers that move ahead this way too...

Hulu is getting decent reviews. I understand the guys position, the advertising dollars are way higher than being able to supplement income with outright purchases and they need to protect that. I don't see any reason they can't continue to do both. Some folks want to own their shows and some would like to see the episodes they missed. I think both can be successful in their own right, but these guys want it all. Even if it kills them.

 

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The reason why is that the itunes store and the ipod are locked together. Apple cannot sell the ipods in the numbers they do without the itunes store.

Not at all true. Apple sold tons of iPods before the Store ever existed. And studies today all show that most tracks on iPods come from sources other than the iTunes Store (ripped from CD, downloaded from other sources, file-shared, etc.)

If the iTunes Store were to vanish today, iPod sales would suffer a little, but it wouldn't even come close to killing the product.

Proponents of other players (players from Sony, Panasonic, Creative, etc.) like to think that the iTunes Store is keeping them from selling devices. They are hoping you won't remember the fact that they weren't selling any devices before the iPod came along either.