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Steve Jobs is "a visionary, but he's on the wrong platform."
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Hey, let's not be so hard on BuyMusic.com.
I mean, sure they stole the concept from Apple.
The "for the rest of us" phrase does apply because iTMS and iTunes are not available yet for Windows.
They do have cheap prices, and I bet in some instances, they may have cheaper prices. But others, they won't.
As for music selection, there are plenty of bands I want who are not featured on iTMS, which might find their way there...
But their implimentation is different. Their motto is Get Loaded.
And I think they should. I mean, WMA is far more popular on PCs than any quicktime format.
There really *is* no competition at this point, because PC users can't do iTMS, and Mac users can't use Buymusic.
To totally separate markets.
So, their whole imitation of Apple could be construed as flattery.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Well, perhaps not. Perhaps the people who came up with this strategy at buymusic.com need to grow up a little. However, they are providing a desired service to a market without this type of service, a market Apple invented.
If/When Apple makes iTunes for Windows and thus the iTunes Music Store for Windows, then we will see if Apple's service is better than Buymusic.com's.
Just wait and see.
Jaedreth
Hey, let's not be so hard on BuyMusic.com.
I mean, sure they stole the concept from Apple.
The "for the rest of us" phrase does apply because iTMS and iTunes are not available yet for Windows.
They do have cheap prices, and I bet in some instances, they may have cheaper prices. But others, they won't.
As for music selection, there are plenty of bands I want who are not featured on iTMS, which might find their way there...
But their implimentation is different. Their motto is Get Loaded.
And I think they should. I mean, WMA is far more popular on PCs than any quicktime format.
There really *is* no competition at this point, because PC users can't do iTMS, and Mac users can't use Buymusic.
To totally separate markets.
So, their whole imitation of Apple could be construed as flattery.
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
Well, perhaps not. Perhaps the people who came up with this strategy at buymusic.com need to grow up a little. However, they are providing a desired service to a market without this type of service, a market Apple invented.
If/When Apple makes iTunes for Windows and thus the iTunes Music Store for Windows, then we will see if Apple's service is better than Buymusic.com's.
Just wait and see.
Jaedreth
Bought an album today form iTMS. Chick Corea's "Where Have I Known You Before." ($7.92) I've had my eye on it for a while and figured that buying it today would be a good way to pitch in.
Re: The song to buy
I already have that on CD
Originally posted by neier
Like I said in another thread, we all should buy a song from the Fleetwood Mac: Rumours album. My choice is Second Hand News
I consider my $.99 well-spent.
I already have that on CD
Techlive is on now and going to talk about this issue. EST.
EDIT Here is a poll on TechTV that asks where your next music download will come from (Buy, iTunes, Kazaa).. Let's show them what's up. http://www.techtv.com/news/shownotes/story/0,24195,3479934,00.html (It's at the bottom of the page)
EDIT Here is a poll on TechTV that asks where your next music download will come from (Buy, iTunes, Kazaa).. Let's show them what's up. http://www.techtv.com/news/shownotes/story/0,24195,3479934,00.html (It's at the bottom of the page)
i'd pretty much made my purchases from the ITMS for now, and was going to slow down with it. but i bought some things today to show support and solidarity with Apple on a day when the world might notice enough people doing it. and yeah i think it would be neat for ITMS to outsell bm on their launch day.
Everyone go to www.TechLive.com and scroll down about half way and vote for iTunes. Buy.com is losing badly.
EDIT: Opps didn't see the other post saying the same thing. My Bad
EDIT: Opps didn't see the other post saying the same thing. My Bad
HHAAHAHAHAH that's a good laugh.......53 percent to 3 percent. Come on guys, if u can't buy a song or an album, place your vote!
i did it
i just have to say BuyMusic is a piece of sh*t and i hope they lose sooooooo much money on it. Also because they copied off apple then made fun of them by breaking the guitar i will no longer buy ANYTHING from buy.com again!
I did my part i bought all matchbox twenty's exclusive tracks off iTMS!!
i just have to say BuyMusic is a piece of sh*t and i hope they lose sooooooo much money on it. Also because they copied off apple
then made fun of them by breaking the guitar i will no longer buy ANYTHING from buy.com again!I did my part i bought all matchbox twenty's exclusive tracks off iTMS!!
I hope this poll doesn't become another Mac vs. PC poll like the Forbes one...
It is funny, though, that the iTunes store has beat Kazaa and Buymusic...
200,000,000 - 300,000,000 songs by years end? Mr. Blum, How many millions of songs are you going to have to purchase to meet your quota?
It is funny, though, that the iTunes store has beat Kazaa and Buymusic...
200,000,000 - 300,000,000 songs by years end? Mr. Blum, How many millions of songs are you going to have to purchase to meet your quota?
They showed the poll results on TV. How embarrassing for BM! They even mentioned that they asked people to vote, so either they don't get a lot of watchers and the MacRumors croud swung the votes, or people were as impressed as us.
Alia
Alia
I just noticed BuyMusic's catch phrase on their website.
"300,000 Songs- For your PC"
If I buy music, I want it to be for me, not my PC. And looking at the DRM, the only thing this music is good for is your PC.
It seems as if buy music has completely missed the market they were aiming for. To sell music to people, not their computers...
"300,000 Songs- For your PC"
If I buy music, I want it to be for me, not my PC. And looking at the DRM, the only thing this music is good for is your PC.
It seems as if buy music has completely missed the market they were aiming for. To sell music to people, not their computers...
Originally posted by alia
They showed the poll results on TV. How embarrassing for BM! They even mentioned that they asked people to vote, so either they don't get a lot of watchers and the MacRumors croud swung the votes, or people were as impressed as us.
Alia
iTMS even beat Kazaa! wow! that is definatly our fault.
Originally posted by crees!
I bet you Steve Blum will request a recount
EDIT: BTW, what was Blum saying about Apple's 3% share in the market and their targeted 97%??? Honestly, Windows users are as guilty as Microsoft when it comes to illegal downloading.
Double EDIT: Gawdangit... that was supposed to be an edit, not a quote of myself.. sorry.
Well, im watching TechTV right now.. Pacific time.. im not seeing anything that I want to see.. or is it supposed to be at 8pm Eastern / Pacific.
It's over now I think, it was probably at the beggining of the show, because I just caught like the last 30 min of the show and it wasn't on. On their website it says that you can watch the same show tomarow at 1 and 6 PM (EST)
Buy.com is privately held by Scott Blum. So 300,000 songs, 350,000 songs or 1 million songs, they don't have to report the truth. Same with the gay "We're gonna sell 1 million songs a day" bit
BM - 3%
iTMS - 58%
Kazaa - 39%
WooHoo...Goes to show you Mac users can do amazing things when we team up.
EDIT: Lets all e-mail the results to there Customer Support! Haha, I can't stop laughing.
iTMS - 58%
Kazaa - 39%
WooHoo...Goes to show you Mac users can do amazing things when we team up.
EDIT: Lets all e-mail the results to there Customer Support! Haha, I can't stop laughing.
Tommy Lee: Switcher
Just a confirmation of the "Tommy Lee is a diehard mac user" thread.
here is a google cache (all I could find) of an article on just how big a mac user tommy is. My favorite quote:
"I've been using Macs since 1984 and they have helped me create amazing music that can only be made through their power!"
riiiight.
Just a confirmation of the "Tommy Lee is a diehard mac user" thread.
here is a google cache (all I could find) of an article on just how big a mac user tommy is. My favorite quote:
"I've been using Macs since 1984 and they have helped me create amazing music that can only be made through their power!"
riiiight.