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iPod Users Buy CDs, Shun iTunes
twitter writes, "The BBC's summarizes a Jupiter Research study, 'iPod fans shunning iTunes store.' From the article: '83% of iPod owners do not buy digital music regularly... only 5% of the music on an iPod will be bought from online music stores. The rest will be from CDs the owner of an MP3 player already has or tracks they have downloaded from file-sharing sites... [T]he only salient characteristic shared by all owners of portable music players was that they were more likely to buy more music — especially CDs.' This is despite years of iTunes promotion and apparent success. Given the outright failure of other music services, it is clear that users prefer DRM-free music, and are willing to pay for it and take the trouble to rip it."
Don't worry!
Humanity has many more chances (infinite really) to destroy your faith in it!
I know the future seems glum now, but just wait a few more days and I promise it will be even worse.
Anyone who brings up that tired old argument that humanity has an equal number of chances to prove itself is just a silly troll and I won't hear it!
I know, I know, you are thinking, "But if humanity has a choice to prove itself wrong... there must be a postive choice!" To that I must offer a scenario. There is an extremely hot chick who you want to ask out for coffee or some other meaningless opportunity to delve into your senseless lives. You could say there are a number of ways to go about such an approach. However, no matter what method you choose, you will ultimately fail miserably. (Notice the parallel with humanity). There is a bit of light at the end of this dismal tunnel. If you would perhaps borrow a gun from a friend or store ( I mean... steal it) then you would have an excellent shot of achieving your goals. I should note, she probably won't be much of a conversationalist at gun point, but she probably didn't have much interesting to say anyway.
Ah... the futility of life...
Now, I must go "ask out" this terribly hot chick.
"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours." -- Yogi Berra