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iTunes, One Billion Suckers Served?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drm-ftw dept.

Thomas Hawk writes "Apple is out hyping their one billionth iTunes download today, but is building your music library in a format that could be obsolete in the future really the best strategy? Will the consumer once again have to someday replace their iTunes track just like they had to replace their LP, cassette, and CD only to get their music on their hot new non Apple mp3 phone of the future? "

6 of 653 comments (clear)

  1. Not only that by cosmo7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    But when the sun explodes your music won't play whatever format it's in! And what does Apple do about this? Nothing!.

    It's a class action suit waiting to happen.

  2. Re:Worst post ever by dorkygeek · · Score: 4, Funny
    Like all other lame articles did. Surprisingly though, Dvorak seems not to be involved this time.

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  3. Re:Worst post ever by bobdotorg · · Score: 4, Funny

    This post is just stupid. It's full of lies. How did this get onto the main page?

    Stop your rant. Save your breath. You'll need to rest up for the dupe.

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  4. Re:works half as well... by StevieZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    jeezus, man, whatever happened to just putting on a godam record.

  5. Re:you can backup all your itunes purchases by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Whoops, DMCA violation!

  6. Re:Doesn't work quite so well by Burning1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "big corporations that buy a politician like I buy a quart of milk."

    I like your anology. One thought: when I buy a quart of milk I usually make sure that it isn't already bad.