Friday, March 25, 2005
I still buy music. I buy CDs from Amazon all the time. If a CD costs more than about $12, or I want it right away, I buy it from iTunes.
According to this article, what it all boils down to for what consumers will use is convenience.
"The whole thing about iTunes is the convenience factor," says Gupta. It is not very convenient to search a range of P2P networks for a particular song, acquire the software needed to download it, make sure it is stored in a file compatible with your portable music player, and find a way to download it there."
Wow. How about the fact that you are stealing music? Does that just not matter anymore? This is sickening. It's one thing to steal music when you are a poor college student. But beyond that, pay for what you use. You have no right to the music, software, or movies otherwise.
According to this article, what it all boils down to for what consumers will use is convenience.
"The whole thing about iTunes is the convenience factor," says Gupta. It is not very convenient to search a range of P2P networks for a particular song, acquire the software needed to download it, make sure it is stored in a file compatible with your portable music player, and find a way to download it there."
Wow. How about the fact that you are stealing music? Does that just not matter anymore? This is sickening. It's one thing to steal music when you are a poor college student. But beyond that, pay for what you use. You have no right to the music, software, or movies otherwise.