Apple To Charge for Some iApps

randomErr writes "News.com has this story that according to sources familiar with the plans, Apple is expected to announce at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco Tuesday that consumers will have to pay for new versions of iDVD, iPhoto and iMovie. Previously, Apple had offered upgrades to its digital media, or 'i' applications, for free."

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iFIRSTPOST

[grub]

Sorry had to.

Re:iFIRSTPOST

[Znonymous Coward]

In Soviet Russia iFIRSTPOST gives you $1.

i-told you so

[anonymous coword]

But no, you didnt buy a cheap linux box, you will now get i-fucked up your i-ass!

Homer?

[Jonny Ringo]

"Oh I see your gimick, the first ones are free than you jack up the price! ....Ok you win"

At the mall eating cookie samples.

Pft, charging for software. As if that'll work.

[Skyshadow]

"Who ever made money charging for something that can be copied for free? Geez, I'm glad I'm not stupid enough to invest in a company that'd do that."*

*Paraphrase of the comments my Dad's brother made to him, about Microsoft, in 1985.

Re:Pft, charging for software. As if that'll work.

[SirSlud]

Selling anything copyable is just like throwing shit at a wall ... make sure you have enough shit, and at least _some_ of it will stick.

Fortunately for software vendors, people will actually duplicate and throw your shit for you, saving you from having to bear the total cost of discovering what shit will stick to what wall .. its kind of like repaying said shit-producing company for not installing a piracy-detection-chip directly in your forehead.

To me, that will always be the glorious and perfect balance between charging for something that can be copied and not living in a Big Brothered police state where even your calculator has DRM.

So to Apple, I say, hats off and good luck with your shit!

at least their hardware isn't expensive.

[AssFace]

oh wait...

Re:So, I have been misled!

[stratjakt]

Microsofts newest switcher: Wonderkid!

"And then my computer went BEEP BEEP BEEP and my photos were gone, and they were really good photos. Then I had to make new photos and they werent as good because I was in a rush. It was kind of... a bummer."

Foxtrot comic about the expo

[Isbiten]

And as always foxtot has a suiting strip about it

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/ft/2003/ft030103. gif

This is only the beginning.

[Rui del-Negro]

After this, they will hire an ape-like president with sweaty armpits and a face like Fester Addams who will try to boost sales by shouting "Yeeeeeeeaaaaah!", "I love this company!", "Come on!" and "Developers! Developers! Developers!".

RMN
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First they had the "Switch" campaign ...

[Greedo]

... so I guess this is the "Bait and Switch" campaign, right?

Re:Wanna be switcher here...

[jazman_777]

My big problem with Apple is they dont really seem to care about getting new customers as much as they just want to take advantage of the existing loyal customers. These people arent going to hang around forever. With the charging 129 for an upgrade that finally brought performance to the level originally promised, taking away the formerly free .mac and now this a lot of people are going to see the light finally.

5 years later:

With the charging of 275 for a friggin' skins-only upgrade that cuts out user-created skins, taking away the formerly free .mac, charging for iApps, requiring annual usage fees, betraying us on DRM, requring us to go through an apple portal to use the internet, permitting only one-button mouse use, some of us may someday see the light. Finally. This time I _mean_ it!

Re:iAMSHOCKED

[Anonymous Coward]

> Jobs had better watch out - he'll get a reputation as somebody who pisses all over loyal customers time and time again.

As an mac developer since '86 and a NeXT developer from 92 to 97, I'd like to moderate you:

+5 Redundant.

bitches

[Anonymous Coward]

all you bitches were wrong...

apple rules!

fuckers