How was that flamebait? I happen to think Wil is great. I read his blog once a day and even have a wwdn mousepad (it was a gift). You knock someone down for making a joke? That was hardly flamebait.
Not even a little bit!! I've downloaded more than my share of music, apps, etc because I agree with you, prices for these things are outrageous. However, just because something is expensive doesn't mean a company shouldn't recieve compensation.
Sure people like you who always purchased music will spend this but for the people who use Kazaa and the napster users, and people who cannot afford to buy music, this service is worthless.
So ultimately this service will sell to the same people who are currently buying music CDs in stores, it wont make any more money than the current online music stores who do this.
People who get all of their music for free will never pay for it. Whether it's $1 or $0.01, it makes no difference. Just because someone can't afford something, doesn't mean it should be free (or even priced down to your level). People will buy it Ray, they will go to apple.com for reasons they can't fathom. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it's money they have and music they lack.
People who buy music will appreciate the convinience of this, as will the people who currently don't pay for the music because they don't want to spend $20 to hear the one good song on a CD.
See, now I think $1 a song is just right. If the average CD costs $13-$18 (on sale) for 12-17 songs. It seems very reasonable to pay slightly more per song than if I were to buy in bulk. If I buy a 6 pack of Amstel for $9.00 ($1.50 each) at the local bodega, yet if I were to buy a single bottle, Apu charges me $2.50 for the same size bottle. While I am paying more per piece, I can keep my total cost down buy only buying the amount I need. Unfortunatly, in the case of the Amstels I am much better off buying a case, but that's a different story.
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Why not just use a Zaurus? Throw a 1GB IBM Microdrive in the CF slot and a wifi card in the SD slot and transfer files from your home system wirelessly to the car when you pull in to the garage.
Ok, prbly not the best use of technology, but I am just loving my new Zaurus.
Come on, it's more of an art. What's better than constructing an elegantly written piece of code. Granted, most programs are closer to a "Cathy" comic strip than a Piccasso, yet there is something so nice about the occasionally beautifally crafted script.
Look at something like telemarketers. They do not call you at work, only at home. I see something like that as being the first step for Congress. Eliminate all spams to domains designated as Corporations. I think they will first try to stop spam from actually hurting businesses and then move on to individual users. After all, the People are really just an afterthought to Government.
Not to come across as pro-big brother, but the thing that makes these things effective in stopping theft and tracking inventroy is the fact that it cannot be easily removed. The problem with those giant honking things that they use in stores now is that anyone could buy a tool to remove it (not to mention the hole it leaves in my shoes).
While I DO NOT like the prospect of "1984", I really don't mind retailers knowing my spending habits and tailoring my shopping experience to my likes and dislikes. It makes shopping much more efficient. I love the fact that Amazon tells me when Kevin Smith's new movie is comming out and doesn't bother me with "Mac for Dummies". But that's just me.
My old box (read: 800mhz Thunderbird) kept on crashing with 98, then XP. It didn't matter what the machine was doing, after 25 minutes, it would just seize up. I eventually figured out that the dang thing was just getting too hot (tried to keep it quiet and bought the fanless Radeon 7200 for DVD playback instead of the 7500) and windows way of handling that would be to stop responding altogether. So too keep windows running I was going to have to spend some good money on fans, etc... to keep the temp in the box down (and make it a hell of a lot noisier).
Well, I figured I'd give Linux a shot and installed Mandrake 9 on that machine and lo and behold, it's been running for months without crashing.
I'm sold.
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Is it just me, or does seem like a left-over post from last saturday?
The reason we have too many passwords is obviously because we have too many secrets!
We are a people who love to jump through hoops.
How was that flamebait? I happen to think Wil is great. I read his blog once a day and even have a wwdn mousepad (it was a gift). You knock someone down for making a joke? That was hardly flamebait.
Ok, I am actually going to buy this book. I am a sad sad man.
Couldn't put it better myself. Wish I had some Moderator points for ya.
Not even a little bit!! I've downloaded more than my share of music, apps, etc because I agree with you, prices for these things are outrageous. However, just because something is expensive doesn't mean a company shouldn't recieve compensation.
Sure people like you who always purchased music will spend this but for the people who use Kazaa and the napster users, and people who cannot afford to buy music, this service is worthless. So ultimately this service will sell to the same people who are currently buying music CDs in stores, it wont make any more money than the current online music stores who do this.
People who get all of their music for free will never pay for it. Whether it's $1 or $0.01, it makes no difference. Just because someone can't afford something, doesn't mean it should be free (or even priced down to your level).
People will buy it Ray, they will go to apple.com for reasons they can't fathom. They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it: for it's money they have and music they lack.
People who buy music will appreciate the convinience of this, as will the people who currently don't pay for the music because they don't want to spend $20 to hear the one good song on a CD.
See, now I think $1 a song is just right. If the average CD costs $13-$18 (on sale) for 12-17 songs. It seems very reasonable to pay slightly more per song than if I were to buy in bulk. If I buy a 6 pack of Amstel for $9.00 ($1.50 each) at the local bodega, yet if I were to buy a single bottle, Apu charges me $2.50 for the same size bottle. While I am paying more per piece, I can keep my total cost down buy only buying the amount I need. Unfortunatly, in the case of the Amstels I am much better off buying a case, but that's a different story.
Why not just use a Zaurus? Throw a 1GB IBM Microdrive in the CF slot and a wifi card in the SD slot and transfer files from your home system wirelessly to the car when you pull in to the garage. Ok, prbly not the best use of technology, but I am just loving my new Zaurus.
Does this mean that I can make 6 figures setting up my friends' and family's routers??
Come on, it's more of an art. What's better than constructing an elegantly written piece of code. Granted, most programs are closer to a "Cathy" comic strip than a Piccasso, yet there is something so nice about the occasionally beautifally crafted script.
Look at something like telemarketers. They do not call you at work, only at home. I see something like that as being the first step for Congress. Eliminate all spams to domains designated as Corporations. I think they will first try to stop spam from actually hurting businesses and then move on to individual users. After all, the People are really just an afterthought to Government.
Not to come across as pro-big brother, but the thing that makes these things effective in stopping theft and tracking inventroy is the fact that it cannot be easily removed. The problem with those giant honking things that they use in stores now is that anyone could buy a tool to remove it (not to mention the hole it leaves in my shoes).
While I DO NOT like the prospect of "1984", I really don't mind retailers knowing my spending habits and tailoring my shopping experience to my likes and dislikes. It makes shopping much more efficient. I love the fact that Amazon tells me when Kevin Smith's new movie is comming out and doesn't bother me with "Mac for Dummies". But that's just me.
My old box (read: 800mhz Thunderbird) kept on crashing with 98, then XP. It didn't matter what the machine was doing, after 25 minutes, it would just seize up. I eventually figured out that the dang thing was just getting too hot (tried to keep it quiet and bought the fanless Radeon 7200 for DVD playback instead of the 7500) and windows way of handling that would be to stop responding altogether. So too keep windows running I was going to have to spend some good money on fans, etc... to keep the temp in the box down (and make it a hell of a lot noisier). Well, I figured I'd give Linux a shot and installed Mandrake 9 on that machine and lo and behold, it's been running for months without crashing. I'm sold.