So I am not that young anymore. I didn't have time to deal with 100 LPs in the 80s, and have even less to organize, reorganize my digital tunes. iTunes can be the best JukeB in the world, if it didn't have the iPod, CDDB, the auto sync, I wouldn't have bothered. The subtle genius behind iTMS is that I can click to buy while brushing my teeth, and pick up the iPod to take to work before the toothbrush is down. And it is all seemless, well organized, easy to back up, pre-sorted, categorized, auto-play-listed. Less hassle, more listening. Subscriptions? Thanks but no thanks. I am not connected when I would like to listen (client firewall nazis). I don't like that the subscription might revoke my right once expired. If it doesn't revoke the right, then it will not be long of this world, in my opinion. Some have already indicated that they downloaded more than they could listen to from emusic.com (Enjoy your free time while you have it). Several have unsubscribed once they "got their fill". That's a really viable model for emusic.com!!!
Sigh. Not even close. You are the embodiment of my point. I am of middle-eastern origin, chief, in case you couldn't tell one foreign name from another. So go on shivering in your moron suit!
... they're only trying to milk the cow for all it's worth before they lose control utterly to their inevitable disintermediation via the internet.
My suspicion is that rather than trying to stop present piracy of the records they produce for the short term gain, they are trying to hobble the internet and computers as a future distribution medium where they do not participate as brokers-cum-robber-barons.
Well this one finally outed me as a liberal. I went on the site and started reading. Being a first generation immigrant, I recognized a minute spark of something that I would wish for most Americans: some awareness of humans east of NY and west of LA.
I subscribed, for no other reason than to help disappoint certain idiots that lambasted the magazine, especially the WSJ.
Somewhat reminds me of Apple, whose demise has been predicted oft and inaccurately.
I read in someone's comment that they were going to end up reading foreign newspapers. I realized that I have been reading the Economist, that bastion of stodgy britt conservatism, exclusively for the last ten years as a means of balancing my leanings and staying objective. US conservative media doesn't cut it (Good Lord: Fox is now called a news medium? {Shiver} )
It was time for me to spend $30 as the first step in a journey of exploration of what American liberalism might actually mean.
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So I am not that young anymore. I didn't have time to deal with 100 LPs in the 80s, and have even less to organize, reorganize my digital tunes. iTunes can be the best JukeB in the world, if it didn't have the iPod, CDDB, the auto sync, I wouldn't have bothered. The subtle genius behind iTMS is that I can click to buy while brushing my teeth, and pick up the iPod to take to work before the toothbrush is down. And it is all seemless, well organized, easy to back up, pre-sorted, categorized, auto-play-listed. Less hassle, more listening. Subscriptions? Thanks but no thanks. I am not connected when I would like to listen (client firewall nazis). I don't like that the subscription might revoke my right once expired. If it doesn't revoke the right, then it will not be long of this world, in my opinion. Some have already indicated that they downloaded more than they could listen to from emusic.com (Enjoy your free time while you have it). Several have unsubscribed once they "got their fill". That's a really viable model for emusic.com!!!
Sigh. Not even close. You are the embodiment of my point. I am of middle-eastern origin, chief, in case you couldn't tell one foreign name from another. So go on shivering in your moron suit!
... they're only trying to milk the cow for all it's worth before they lose control utterly to their inevitable disintermediation via the internet. My suspicion is that rather than trying to stop present piracy of the records they produce for the short term gain, they are trying to hobble the internet and computers as a future distribution medium where they do not participate as brokers-cum-robber-barons.
Well this one finally outed me as a liberal. I went on the site and started reading. Being a first generation immigrant, I recognized a minute spark of something that I would wish for most Americans: some awareness of humans east of NY and west of LA. I subscribed, for no other reason than to help disappoint certain idiots that lambasted the magazine, especially the WSJ. Somewhat reminds me of Apple, whose demise has been predicted oft and inaccurately. I read in someone's comment that they were going to end up reading foreign newspapers. I realized that I have been reading the Economist, that bastion of stodgy britt conservatism, exclusively for the last ten years as a means of balancing my leanings and staying objective. US conservative media doesn't cut it (Good Lord: Fox is now called a news medium? {Shiver} ) It was time for me to spend $30 as the first step in a journey of exploration of what American liberalism might actually mean.