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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. still waiting for ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    .lnx

  2. Re:IMHO, the short answer is yes.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    A better answer would be to copy AOL by giving away free 6 month subscriptions with each new major version of OS X.

    Just don't copy the part where you have to walk barefoot across lava and broken glass to cancel it before it sucks your bank account out through your ass.

  3. Re:Appledot by Austerity+Empowers · · Score: 3, Funny

    News for worms. Stuff that cavities.

  4. The mac should be free... by blanktek · · Score: 5, Funny

    with your .Mac subscription

  5. My unbiased answer is yes by Cro+Magnon · · Score: 4, Funny

    And the fact that I own an iBook has no influence on my opinion.

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  6. Re:Why not? How about why? by mysqlrocks · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article states that there are a million subscribers at $99 each. That's $100 million that Apple makes from .mac

    Sorry to nitpick, but that's actually $99 million.

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  7. Re:Why not? How about why? by Red+Flayer · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Sorry to nitpick, but that's actually $99 million."

    It's $100 million for extremely large values of $99.

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  8. Re:I agree by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    "I think my local coffeeshop should do the same thing - give away free coffee,"
    "My grocery store gives free coffee. ... Way to pick your examples!"

    I think you might notice he was talking about coffeeshop's giving away free coffee and grocery stores giving away free groceries.

    Way to read your examples!