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Join Date: May 2004
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Firstly, let me thank CHUCKER for his explanation of international music rights. Although I suspected that had something to do with it, I still think it would be nice if Apple had some sort of explanation of how the international stores work, either on the iTunes site or in the iTunes Help. They don’t.
When I made my post, I was trying to say, that whatever the source and whoever the author, the points made were interesting and valid enough to be worthy of serious discussion, not just the hair-raised-on-back-of-neck, jump-on-the-barricades defense of Apple at all costs against all criticism kind of slams and line by line, sarcastic rebuttals that made up the replies (at least until it descended into a camel-toe show). Rather than provide any sort of intelligent explanation of why everyone here is so eager to jump to Apple's defense or address the original or my points, RichieB merely repeated what everyone else did, both in attitude and style. I am now happy to return the favor. By the way are you some sort of editor in real life, because I am. So your style, spelling and capitalizing corrections are unneeded and unwanted. In a forum like this, I would be very hesitant to get involved in correcting others writing because you never know what typos and mistakes you've made. Quote:
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However, it turns out iPod and iTunes are even more important than just 5%. The 2006 Q2 Financial Report from Apple, published just two weeks ago (:http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/apr/19results.html) shows that iPod sales account for 39% and music related (iTunes downloads and iPod accessories) account for 11% of Apple's total sales vs. just 36% for computers. 8.5 million iPods were sold vs. just over 1 million CPUs. So I guess you're right. Apple doesn't really need the iPod line. Seriously, iPod is the single most important branch for Apple and they need to provide customer service that matches that. Somebody WILL come up with a better, more flexible system for electronic music sales and when they do, Apple, as they currently are, will not be ready for it and will suffer. Quote:
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chucker2, that was a very mature reply.
The original poster's points were lost when he/she decided to spam their viewpoint all over creation. When that happens, people assume that they're not dealing with someone who wants dialogue, but rather with someone who's going to post and run some random SPAM. Personnally I can't stand the iTMS. They sell you crap quality audio at a premium price, and then restrict it on top of that. Sure, the recording industry execs have set the field up that way, so that's how it has to be played, but that doesn't mean I have to like their store. That being said, the original post sounds like someone who is suffering a severe case of sour grapes. Anyone buying and iPod should know about the lock-in that comes with the product. If you don't like it, talk to your congressional rep, because they're the ones backing the music industry. The majority of the complaints stem from a decision made well outside of Apple's boundries. The rest is kind of whiny. Some downtime with iTunes, poor phone support for a free product (or $1 at a time, of which apple gets ten or twelve cents), etc. There's no meat there. Now if you want to see people get pissed off, talk to folks who had leaky capacitors on thier iMac and iBook MB's. That's a rallying cry that might get some traction. Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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I didn't think this warranted a new thread, so I'll post it here. Apple has just announced that they've renewed contracts with the major record labels to keep pricing at 99c, and not being forced to introduce tiered pricing levels:
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Good news indeed, now if only they would do something about the aforementioned audio quality.
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Here tonight, we have, ah, apple and orange. We all different, but in the end, we all fruit. |
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