Even if Apple wanted to do it, there is huge issue for the millions of iPods out there: Fairplay DRM, as currently implemented, has no concept of expiration or time limit. So, an "all you eat" subscription solution would be painful for Apple. I can see them updating FairPlay in newer iPods, but updating firmware for every iPod model ever made isn't going to happen.
I could possibly see Apple making "subscription services" a new iPod feature... forcing people to upgrade to newer iPods if they want support. But that would mean millions of users would be left out. Would Apple really do this?
I'm guessing Apple will never do it, and continue saying it isn't something the users want. That's better spin than saying "it's too hard to do.":-)
According to "Zuneinsider" Cesar Menendez @ Microsoft, Jason's comment was taken out of context:
"as for the 'free zune w/ subscription thread,' that was taken out of context. Jason was speaking of it as a hypothetical, and it got reported on pretty widely as the official plan of record. the trouble w/ hypotheticals + the web + zune fans, I guess:)"
Subscription music services make very little per customer at $15/month. The real profit is in the device sales. I don't see this happening anytime soon...
The Zune software lets you easily "reverse sync" your content from the Zune device back to the PC, if needed. That's one thing they got right. (iTunes only lets you do it for DRM content, currently. You need to use non-iTunes methods to get the content off.)
Sorry, Zune doesn't add DRM to any files or content. It plays unprotected MP3, AAC, WMA, WMA Pro... and WM-DRM WMA. It does have the 3-day/3-play limit on files you receive via the never used wireless sharing feature, though. (But the files still don't get "added DRM.")
What are you talking about? Vista doesn't "change MP3 files." It includes the same media player that you can download for Windows XP: Windows Media Player 11, which supports MP3 and ID3v2.3 tagging. If you don't want it to "change files", don't use it to tag or re-tag your content.
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Even if Apple wanted to do it, there is huge issue for the millions of iPods out there: Fairplay DRM, as currently implemented, has no concept of expiration or time limit. So, an "all you eat" subscription solution would be painful for Apple. I can see them updating FairPlay in newer iPods, but updating firmware for every iPod model ever made isn't going to happen.
:-)
I could possibly see Apple making "subscription services" a new iPod feature... forcing people to upgrade to newer iPods if they want support. But that would mean millions of users would be left out. Would Apple really do this?
I'm guessing Apple will never do it, and continue saying it isn't something the users want. That's better spin than saying "it's too hard to do."
According to "Zuneinsider" Cesar Menendez @ Microsoft, Jason's comment was taken out of context:
:)"
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"as for the 'free zune w/ subscription thread,' that was taken out of context. Jason was speaking of it as a hypothetical, and it got reported on pretty widely as the official plan of record. the trouble w/ hypotheticals + the web + zune fans, I guess
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Subscription music services make very little per customer at $15/month. The real profit is in the device sales. I don't see this happening anytime soon...
The Zune software lets you easily "reverse sync" your content from the Zune device back to the PC, if needed. That's one thing they got right. (iTunes only lets you do it for DRM content, currently. You need to use non-iTunes methods to get the content off.)
Sorry, Zune doesn't add DRM to any files or content. It plays unprotected MP3, AAC, WMA, WMA Pro... and WM-DRM WMA. It does have the 3-day/3-play limit on files you receive via the never used wireless sharing feature, though. (But the files still don't get "added DRM.")
What are you talking about? Vista doesn't "change MP3 files." It includes the same media player that you can download for Windows XP: Windows Media Player 11, which supports MP3 and ID3v2.3 tagging. If you don't want it to "change files", don't use it to tag or re-tag your content.
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