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More iPod Killers Introduced for the Holiday
An anonymous reader writes "MP3newswire.net has just released part III and part IV of their iPod Killers for Xmas list. Standouts are a $1200 24K gold-plated player from Jens of Sweeden, a 137 Gig unit called the Xclef, Sony's first true MP3 player, and iRiver's MPEG-4 video jukebox. If you missed them, here are parts I and II."
So...you're a moron.
What the grandparent is referring to *is* anticompetitive behavior.
Apple has a near monopoly on digital music players, and they have used this monopoly to take over the music sales business.
They *are* cutting off the oxygen supply of other MP3 companies. They *are* trying to kill the competition.
The Apple iPod only (not counting 3rd party hacks) works with iTunes, and iTunes only works with the iTunes music store.
If you buy tracks from the iTunes music store, you have to load them onto the iPod with iTunes. If you buy an iPod, you have to buy your music with iTunes.
And don't give me that "well you can burn it to CD" crap - how many consumers are really going to burn their tracks to CD and re-rip them to put them on their portable player.
Windows Media *is* the open system.
Yes, it is proprietary.
I can buy a Napster media player (the Samsung) or any one of over 100 players from more than 10 companies, I can download music from the store of my choice (Napster, Wal-Mart, MSN, MusicNow, MusicMatch, or others), I can use their client software or Windows Media Player.
That is choice. I can choose my player, who I buy my music from, and what software I use to play it.
Apple doesn't offer that choice. You either have to go Apple 100% of the way or you don't go Apple at all. Hell, they sued Real for trying to make a compatible system.
That is anticompetitive. If Microsoft released a media player that only worked with MSN Music, people would be up in arms.
Yet when Apple does it, it's somehow different.
Face it: Apple's pulling a Microsoft.
Congrats, that's the biggest pile of bullshit I've seen in a while.
It hurts to only think about it so I'll leave you to the mods...
The fact that sad little fucks like you are foaming at the mouth and pissing your pink little panties over Apple's astounding success in the digitial music is simply wonderful.
Thanks for playing your part, small and pathetic it might be, in the amazing iPod saga for Apple.
Think Different used to be/is Apples motto.... I guess that doesn't apply when discussing alternative's to Apples products. Screw "Think Differently" I'd like to see the Apple zealots just "Think", period. Back to the pile.....