Posted by Jim on 06/10/06 12:14

Bonge Boo! <bingbong@spamcop.net> wrote:

> >> Yes. iTunes Music Store is locked to iPod and iPod is locked to iTunes
> >> Music Store. My source is iTunes itself. But I guess in your fantasy
> >> world that's a biased source.
> >
> > You still haven't shown me where that's an unfair business practice. It
> > would be unfair if Apple *didn't* tell you that iTunes and iPod are
> > locked together but you yourself have admitted they do.
>
> Seeing that no-one forced anyone to buy an iPod or music via ITMS...

Exactly. The iTunes/iPod combo has got the market share it has through
consumer choice, not dirty business tricks. No-one else offers an
elegant, simple, end-to-end solution. Yes the stuff purchased through
iTMS has DRM but it's not exactly restrictive unless you're trying to
knock off a hundred copies of Britney's new album to flog down the
market.

> Ipod/iTunes won because everything else is crap by comparison. On Tuesday I
> was with a customer who bought a Philips MP3 Player that comes bundled with
> Musicmatch. It was a truly shit combination.

I can imagine.

> They dumped it and bought a Shuffle.

I have issues with the Shuffles, to be honest. Seen too many of them
fail. It's the only iPod I've had a bad time with.

Jim
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