Isn't this like asking why people pay for valet parking, manicures, lawn care, or any number of a multitude of other things most can do for themselves? Convenience. Apple sells it (as does almost every cellular service provider, non?). Doesn't mean one has to buy it, right? Stack it up alongside many other things that Apple markets, which I will probably never care to buy. Meanwhile, while I am capable of changing the oil in my car, I am pleased to pay a mechanic to do it.
What's the point in complaining about it?
I think the complaining part about it is because apple forces you to use it or have to go threw some pretty huge work around which you should not have to do.
I have no problem with apple offering the service for a fee. I draw the line at them requiring you to use it if you want to add your own custom ringtone.
Ok fair enough. Can't say I've ever had to make a ringtone on a PC so I can't compare.
Right back at ya Maclver!
It is pretty easy to do it on a PC with iTunes. It is how I made my first ringtones for my Sony Ericson I used to have.
1. it is take the song/sound file I want,
2. go into the properties of it and set a start/stop time
3. Right click and say convert song. This makes a new file that is smaller and with in the start stop time I choose.
4. Upload to phone and set as ringtone.
As for converting the song for a ringtone I tend to using 128kps Mono channel. This makes the file the size of a 64kps file because it only has one channel instead of 2. No point to have the 2nd channel if you only have 1 speaker to hear out of and from what I discovered going higher than the 128kps is just making the file larger than it needs to be since there is no improvement in the sound quality over the phones speaker any how.
