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Scott Blum (buymusic) eats crow
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No, iTunes exists as as a jukebox player for the mac...it was here long before the iPod. Now, the iTMS exits to sell iPods.
This is sooo going on the website
Check out http://boycottbuymusic.com, and by the end of the night I should have the news of scott's poor sales online!
Check out http://boycottbuymusic.com, and by the end of the night I should have the news of scott's poor sales online!
I can't even use buymusic.com if I wanted to. Visiting the site yields the following dead end:
"Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com.
In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher."
"Thank you for visiting BuyMusic.com.
In order to take full advantage of BuyMusic.com's offerings you must be on a Windows Operating System using Internet Explorer version 5.0 or higher."
Way to Go Apple!
Keep up the good work Apple! Time will definitely tell which online music service will be superior and will dominate in the end. All these other fly-by-night music services will fail, and Apple, the pioneer, will outlive them all!
Keep up the good work Apple! Time will definitely tell which online music service will be superior and will dominate in the end. All these other fly-by-night music services will fail, and Apple, the pioneer, will outlive them all!
I agree!
I agree - if ITMS exists to sell iPods, as biaachmonkie says, surely making the iPod compatible with all the other music services is in Apple's interest - especially as Jobs is always saying that they don't make any money selling songs. Have all the music download sites out there as an incentive to buy an iPod! People will soon realise that ITMS is the most elegant solution out there.
The iPod is in real short supply in the UK this Christmas - and ITMS has NOTHING to do with that! Style, build-quality and reputation of the iPod and the iTunes software itself are what make it a must-have.
I really hope Apple have many more tricks up their sleeve and that the roadmap for the iPod has a few surprises on it. Revisions of the machine must be innovative and as desirable as the current batch. (Not talking about video - IMHO it should focus on being the best music player out there).
Incidently a friend of mine who has owned and worked with PCs for over ten years bought a 20GB iPod and is now saving up for a Pbook...
I agree - if ITMS exists to sell iPods, as biaachmonkie says, surely making the iPod compatible with all the other music services is in Apple's interest - especially as Jobs is always saying that they don't make any money selling songs. Have all the music download sites out there as an incentive to buy an iPod! People will soon realise that ITMS is the most elegant solution out there.
The iPod is in real short supply in the UK this Christmas - and ITMS has NOTHING to do with that! Style, build-quality and reputation of the iPod and the iTunes software itself are what make it a must-have.
I really hope Apple have many more tricks up their sleeve and that the roadmap for the iPod has a few surprises on it. Revisions of the machine must be innovative and as desirable as the current batch. (Not talking about video - IMHO it should focus on being the best music player out there).
Incidently a friend of mine who has owned and worked with PCs for over ten years bought a 20GB iPod and is now saving up for a Pbook...
Re: I agree!
Not quite true!
iPod's AAC exclusivity serves to make iTMS the dominant music service, and iTMS' AAC exclusivity gives iPod a key selling proposition (the only digital music player with iTMS compatibility guaranteed).
The coolness/hip factor of iPod drives the whole thing, combined with great product quality.
Compatability with WMA shouldn't be considered until the WMA services have failed/been discredited beyond repair, and then only if MS waives any concept of a royalty fee and says "Sorry" for being a bunch of buttwads.
Not quite true!
iPod's AAC exclusivity serves to make iTMS the dominant music service, and iTMS' AAC exclusivity gives iPod a key selling proposition (the only digital music player with iTMS compatibility guaranteed).
The coolness/hip factor of iPod drives the whole thing, combined with great product quality.
Compatability with WMA shouldn't be considered until the WMA services have failed/been discredited beyond repair, and then only if MS waives any concept of a royalty fee and says "Sorry" for being a bunch of buttwads.
Re: Re: I agree!
-Richard
So? Apple has repeatedly said that they don't make money from iTMS. Besides, very few people who have a choice in music services will make that choice because of the specific file format, unless their hardware restricts them. Its not like people (outside of places like this message board) are going around saying, "Hmm... iTMS or MusicMatch... which one supports AAC?" The main reason that iTMS is more sucessful, IMO, even more so than the ease of use, is that they are advertising the heck out of it - much more so than the other services combined.
-Richard
Originally posted by iGAV
could you add....
Must... Have... European iTunes Music Store
Must... Have... European iTunes Music Store
Must... Have... European iTunes Music Store
-iGAV
This is something that needs yelled at the EPO for - Apple has not control of the schedule.
-svpribyl
It's a snub. There is no technical reason why a Mac can't surf BuyMusic. It's essentially a company saying "Nya-nya! You're using a Mac, so we don't like you!"
If you are using Safari as you browser, make sure Safari is not running, open terminal and type:
defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1
Launch Safari. You should see a new menu along the top called "Debug". In that is a hierarchical menu item named "User Agent". Select MSIE 6.0, and then go to BuyMusic. They'll think you are a Windows PC running IE 6 and let you in.
Course, why would you want to - besides delivering defense against snide comments by WindHeads.
Did it really help them? No it didn't. They have now lost all that market share back to Nintendo which killed it in few months.
The only thing that keeps the Xbox alive now is hopes of Halo 2 and Gates knows it.
I know that this post was located quite a ways back in the thread, but I just read it and had to comment. I just beg that the actual numbers be taken into consideration. XBOX is second only to PS2 in hardware sold. The only thing keeping Nintendo alive is the massive price cuts, and unfortunately it looks like they are going to go the way of Sega. The thing keeping XBOX ahead is the technical advantage it has over Nintendo, not to mention the better titles.
It just looks like people could contorl their hatred for M$ from spilling into the video game world, because the XBOX is a very good product, despite Bill being behind it.
Sorry for the deviation in subject, but if things are going to be talked about, let's talk about them correclty, please.
Congratulations to iTunes, by the way. I hope with the extra exposure the Music Store gets, more people will get a chance to experience Apple's greatness.
The only thing that keeps the Xbox alive now is hopes of Halo 2 and Gates knows it.
I know that this post was located quite a ways back in the thread, but I just read it and had to comment. I just beg that the actual numbers be taken into consideration. XBOX is second only to PS2 in hardware sold. The only thing keeping Nintendo alive is the massive price cuts, and unfortunately it looks like they are going to go the way of Sega. The thing keeping XBOX ahead is the technical advantage it has over Nintendo, not to mention the better titles.
It just looks like people could contorl their hatred for M$ from spilling into the video game world, because the XBOX is a very good product, despite Bill being behind it.
Sorry for the deviation in subject, but if things are going to be talked about, let's talk about them correclty, please.
Congratulations to iTunes, by the way. I hope with the extra exposure the Music Store gets, more people will get a chance to experience Apple's greatness.
Well, no. The XBox is selling horribly in Europe and Japan. The XBox is BARLY infront of the GCN, and I wouldn't be surprised when it's all done, the XBox is thrid in the US. Currently, the old GAMEBOY COLOR has sold more than the XBox...
I own all three systems, I own several flagship titles for each of them (Jak & Dax, FFX, Halo, Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda: The Wind Waker). All I can say is that the only reasons the Xbox hasn't failed miserably are because of Xbox Live (Which is terrible--keep in mind I own it and play mechassault often), seeming cool and appealing to black people (they've been using a black announcer in their ads and advertising in predominantly "black" tv shows), Halo, the bragging rights of having the most "powerful" system and the ridiculously low prices that Microsoft can sell the xbox for due to their wealth. Those are the only reasons the Xbox is still here.