I'm not understanding the resistance to subscriptions. Anyway, it's a choice, choose the idea that's right for you.
Maybe you want full access to a small music collection. Or maybe, like me, you're willing to have somewhat restricted access to a tremendous collection.
I don't buy the argument that the music will dissapear at some point. Consider movies: a few of us want to own all our movies so we buy DVDs, but most of us are fine renting movies when we want to watch them.
I don't worry about Blockbuster going out of business because I'm confident I'll be able to access movies from a different source.
The subscription model is more sustainable than online music stores. It provides a recurring revenue stream whereas stores like iTunes barely make a few cents on each $0.99 song, according to a Jupiter Research study.
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I'm not understanding the resistance to subscriptions. Anyway, it's a choice, choose the idea that's right for you. Maybe you want full access to a small music collection. Or maybe, like me, you're willing to have somewhat restricted access to a tremendous collection. I don't buy the argument that the music will dissapear at some point. Consider movies: a few of us want to own all our movies so we buy DVDs, but most of us are fine renting movies when we want to watch them. I don't worry about Blockbuster going out of business because I'm confident I'll be able to access movies from a different source. The subscription model is more sustainable than online music stores. It provides a recurring revenue stream whereas stores like iTunes barely make a few cents on each $0.99 song, according to a Jupiter Research study.