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Amazon Gags On Gaga

Posted by Roblimo on from the ga-ga-ga-ga-ga-ga dept.

theodp writes "Having hawked Google Chrome over the weekend with an ad that aired on SNL, Lady Gaga turned her attention Monday to hyping Amazon's Cloud Player service. Fans were delighted to learn that they could download Gaga's entire 'Born This Way' album for a mere $0.99, until technical difficulties set in. 'Amazon is experiencing high volume and downloads are delayed,' Amazon said in a statement. 'If customers order today, they will get the full Lady Gaga, Born This Way album for $0.99. Thanks for your patience.' Some frustrated users meted out one-star ratings for the album as their way of protesting Amazon's slow service, lowering the album's rating to three stars. So, was that karma for upstaging Donald Knuth at the Googleplex?"

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  1. Thanks for inappropriate ratings by Duradin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thanks for making the ratings less useful.

    You may think you're all-important and that your one time shipping experience should mean as much as someone who is reviewing the actual usefulness and quality of the product but all you're doing is adding more useless noise to the reviews.

    So hats off to you Mr. Garbage-In.

    1. Re:Thanks for inappropriate ratings by MozeeToby · · Score: 2, Insightful

      But... they're not getting me my (nearly) free stuff fast enough! I'm deserve to get this album now because they told me that I could have it and I want it now and if I can't have it now I'm going to do whatever I can to hurt them.
      [/sarcasm]

      Honestly, people complain about food stamps and medical care being the problem with the entitlement generation, but I really don't have a problem with feeling entitled to basic human needs. The idea that you are entitled to the latest Lady Gaga album, and being so angry about a day or two delay in getting it that you sabotage the rating system, is quite frankly terrifying to me.

  2. Re:There is no such thing as karma. by cpu6502 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    >>>I'd say the fact that you successfully downloaded the album is a sign of bad karma.

    The music you listen to isn't any better. (Probably.) I like Gaga's songs, and radio music in general, which has led a lot of friends to criticize me for it. So I naturally ask, "What do you listen to?" and then they play stuff that sounds, amazingly, like the stuff on the radio. (Except with an 'alternative' label.)

    Point: People are so damn quick to criticize other people's tastes. And I'm sick of it. If that guy wanted to download Gaga's album for 99 cents, big fucking deal. It's HIS life, not yours, so stop insulting the man.

    --
    My AC stalker: " I personally agree with your posts most of the time, but that won't keep me from modding you troll"
  3. Re:There is no such thing as karma. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you need to know who the artist is before you criticize music, you aren't criticizing music. You're looking for justification of your own prejudices.