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I am against the suscription service model... but if Apple must do it (I said IF), they should tie it with .Mac. Think about it, for $60 per year your get unlimited download songs and .Mac suscription (a strim down version) and you can upgrade to normal .Mac with $50 more.
Well maybe the pricing scheme should be thought out better. But, what I am trying to say, is that Apple will have, not only the advantage of being the king of the hill in music services right now, but also more features with .Mac than the rest of the competition.
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Congratulations, radiomoscow!
Consumers realize that, despite Naptster's deceiving ads, subscription services are a rip-off. Apple realizes this too, and I think they won't open iTMS to subscriptions unless the public demands it. Hopefully the public will stay wise on the subject.
When you buy something, you own it. Renting music is unfair to consumers and is basically extortion; pay every month if you want to keep hearing your music.
Steal, steal, steal... until the record companies realize that $18.99 is too much to charge for a CD, and until they realize that we have had enough of being treated like children when it comes to DRM.
You buy it, you own it. When will record companies realize that?
Subscription services just makes you pay over and over again for the music you have downloaded. Why not just buy it once and not have to deal with checking in every month just so you can play that same music. It's a dumb model and that's why no one is rushing over to get in it.
Buying and owning your own music is the only way to go. You don't have to check in every month. You can burn it to a CD without an extra charge on top of that monthly charge. It just doesn't make sense.
I can rent music whenever I want. It's called "Satellite Radio". If I want to borrow music for free, I tune in to FM or borrow a friend's CDs. Music subscription services are for people with no friends and no home stereo.
18.99 for a CD!! Where is this? Most I see, especially on Amazon, are around 12 bucks. Canadian!
MW "first" as in 'I'm not first post!'
Most I see, especially on Amazon, are around 12 bucks. Canadian!
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As a fellow Canadian... er.. you're joking right?
You didn't know that EVERYWHERE else, CD's are expensive?
I think Steve Jobs hit the nail on the head when he said people want to OWN their music. Personally, the thought of having to rent my music is not appealing to me. If Apple does get into this (and I agree with the above article that this is a big if), you can be sure it will not be just a knock-off of existing services and will be innovation in some way.

i got my ipod shuffle 1gb today
i love it so much