The author makes the claim that:
Apartments::Heating as Cars::Music. That's simply not the case -- it's comparing the success of apples with the potential success of oranges. Apartments are something that need heat, so it's natural for the landlord (or rental company) to include heating -- it's simply more efficient for everyone for it to be central. However, with cars this analogy does not hold. How, precisely, is it more efficient to sell music with cars? Couldn't you simply buy the same 1000 CD's online and have a similar overhead cost as the car dealer? Essentially, all they will be doing is increasing the final selling cost of the car by including music in the sticker price. I completely fail to see how this changes the nature of music buying, or how it benefits anyone.
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The author makes the claim that:
Apartments::Heating as Cars::Music. That's simply not the case -- it's comparing the success of apples with the potential success of oranges. Apartments are something that need heat, so it's natural for the landlord (or rental company) to include heating -- it's simply more efficient for everyone for it to be central. However, with cars this analogy does not hold. How, precisely, is it more efficient to sell music with cars? Couldn't you simply buy the same 1000 CD's online and have a similar overhead cost as the car dealer? Essentially, all they will be doing is increasing the final selling cost of the car by including music in the sticker price. I completely fail to see how this changes the nature of music buying, or how it benefits anyone.