http://news.techwhack.com/712-napster-to-go-service News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://news.techwhack.com/712-napster-to-go-service#comment-1119 Mark Stein Fri, 04 Feb 2005 06:09:56 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/712/napster-to-go-service/#comment-1119 I love the iPod. But Apple's claim that music ownership is better than music rental has a major flaw. When Apple "sells" us songs via iTunes, they are not really selling us something. We are simply paying for the right to hear a song on Apple's platform. A "purchased" iTunes song will not play on any other player (other than iTunes or iPod). What happens to your purchase when your iPod dies and you decide to by someone else's device to replace it. The songs you "purchased" are now worthless. Actually, to me this sounds somewhat like a rental, due to the restricted rights that comes with this monetary exchange. When I rent a car, I am not allowed paint it a different color (or drive it into the ground). When I buy a car I can do whatever I want to it. All of a sudden iTunes at $.99 sounds awfully expensive given that its sound quality is a lot lower than a CD (iTunes songs are compressed) and given that it will only work as long as my iPod does. Egads Apple. Great design, but poor total customer experience --> I thought you were supposed to be thoughtful about total customer experience. I love the iPod. But Apple’s claim that music ownership is better than music rental has a major flaw. When Apple “sells” us songs via iTunes, they are not really selling us something. We are simply paying for the right to hear a song on Apple’s platform. A “purchased” iTunes song will not play on any other player (other than iTunes or iPod). What happens to your purchase when your iPod dies and you decide to by someone else’s device to replace it. The songs you “purchased” are now worthless. Actually, to me this sounds somewhat like a rental, due to the restricted rights that comes with this monetary exchange. When I rent a car, I am not allowed paint it a different color (or drive it into the ground). When I buy a car I can do whatever I want to it. All of a sudden iTunes at $.99 sounds awfully expensive given that its sound quality is a lot lower than a CD (iTunes songs are compressed) and given that it will only work as long as my iPod does. Egads Apple. Great design, but poor total customer experience –> I thought you were supposed to be thoughtful about total customer experience.

]]> http://news.techwhack.com/712-napster-to-go-service#comment-1118 Ernesto Mantilla Fri, 04 Feb 2005 05:41:36 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/712/napster-to-go-service/#comment-1118 Competition is good for consumers, it is a shame that iTunes only play on their IPOD even though one was paying. I am glad for Napster to be so forward, itunes was not such a great deal anyway. Competition is good for consumers, it is a shame that iTunes only play on their IPOD even though one was paying.
I am glad for Napster to be so forward, itunes was not such a great deal anyway.

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