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Should Apple make .Mac free?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the web-full-please-leave dept.

Moby Cock writes "The recent display of iLife '06 at Macworld showed that the suite has a very fine integration with .Mac, Apple's subscription-based web portal. In a recent post to his blog on ZDNet, Dan Farber argues that a .Mac subscription ought to be included with the purchase of an Apple computer. There is no doubt that web portals are huge revenue engines, could Apple be missing an opportunity here?"

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  1. Idea bizarrely out of context with Apple practices by loggia · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Not saying this is a bad idea, but it's an odd suggestion when anyone who has used Apple products for years knows that Steve is stingy. He's stingy about batteries, stingy about updates... That's just Apple.

    So it's kind of a suggestion on par with: "I think Microsoft should give up on Explorer and support Firefox."

    True, but... ya know??

  2. they can get away with it by tont0r · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    with mac being the hit fashion of the industry, they wont make it free just because its not necessary for them to make it free. simple as that. people will use it anyways to show off their hip and trendy .mac address.

  3. Re:Humm..... by somethingprolific · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It's funny how you call someone a noob. Where can I send this to your email? AnonymousCoward@aol.com?