Comments on: iTunes sales Collapsing http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:38:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Scott http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8282 Scott Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:55:36 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8282 Mondogarage: I just want to point out that you can, in fact, burn CD's in iTune's. The function is in the iTune's program. On top of that, you can import your .mp3's into your iTune's library (simply points at the file on your computer) and you have the best of both worlds to burn any downloaded iTune's formatted songs along with your .mp3 formatted songs onto one CD if you'd like. (as a side note, I'm a Windows user... ;) ) Mondogarage: I just want to point out that you can, in fact, burn CD’s in iTune’s. The function is in the iTune’s program. On top of that, you can import your .mp3’s into your iTune’s library (simply points at the file on your computer) and you have the best of both worlds to burn any downloaded iTune’s formatted songs along with your .mp3 formatted songs onto one CD if you’d like. (as a side note, I’m a Windows user… ;) )

]]> By: mondogarage http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8223 mondogarage Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:07:22 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8223 For what it's worth, the *inside* of the screen of my 60 GB iPod Photo (pre-video) broke, and I can't read the bottom left quadrant of the screen. There are no cracks in the exterior. Apple wouldn't do shit about it, and returned it to me citing "owner responsibility". It was about 6 months old at the time. I nearly always play it on shuffle, so it doesn't keep me from using it. However, what it *did* do was guarantee that the mp3 player I just bought for my wife for Xmas was *not* an Apple product, and guaranteed further that I would never ever spend a dime on another product made by Apple, including iTunes gift cards. The hard drive on this iPod also locks up at an alarming rate, though resetting it is not that difficult. For what it’s worth, the *inside* of the screen of my 60 GB iPod Photo (pre-video) broke, and I can’t read the bottom left quadrant of the screen. There are no cracks in the exterior. Apple wouldn’t do shit about it, and returned it to me citing “owner responsibility”. It was about 6 months old at the time. I nearly always play it on shuffle, so it doesn’t keep me from using it.

However, what it *did* do was guarantee that the mp3 player I just bought for my wife for Xmas was *not* an Apple product, and guaranteed further that I would never ever spend a dime on another product made by Apple, including iTunes gift cards.

The hard drive on this iPod also locks up at an alarming rate, though resetting it is not that difficult.

]]> By: DD http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8214 DD Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:18:47 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8214 I never understood the hold Apple had on people. Somehow they've managed to cultivate this trendy, hip image with the walking lifestyles. Meanwhile the failure rate on many of their products is ridiculous. Everyone I know (as in 100%) that owns an iPod has had to repair or replace it, sometimes more than once. Their notebooks don't fare much better. Off the top of my I can think of seven people I know with iBooks or Powerbooks and five of those have had to have repairs made. Meanwhile I chug along, problem-free, with my un-hip Creative ZEN and well worn PC's. I never understood the hold Apple had on people. Somehow they’ve managed to cultivate this trendy, hip image with the walking lifestyles. Meanwhile the failure rate on many of their products is ridiculous.

Everyone I know (as in 100%) that owns an iPod has had to repair or replace it, sometimes more than once. Their notebooks don’t fare much better. Off the top of my I can think of seven people I know with iBooks or Powerbooks and five of those have had to have repairs made.

Meanwhile I chug along, problem-free, with my un-hip Creative ZEN and well worn PC’s.

]]> By: gregroks http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8207 gregroks Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:20:15 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8207 I think when the iTunes Store first opened up people ran there to buy individual songs they haven't heard in awhile. (Sales up) They wanted "that one song" in digital format for their music collection. Now that the Store has been open for awhile I think most of the public has finished searching the Store over for all those old songs. I think we are at the point of waiting for new songs that are worthy of a download. (Sales down) I think when the iTunes Store first opened up people ran there to buy individual songs they haven’t heard in awhile. (Sales up) They wanted “that one song” in digital format for their music collection. Now that the Store has been open for awhile I think most of the public has finished searching the Store over for all those old songs. I think we are at the point of waiting for new songs that are worthy of a download. (Sales down)

]]> By: mondogarage http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8193 mondogarage Wed, 13 Dec 2006 00:51:32 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8193 Folks are tiring of Apple's DRM, though. I know of people other than myself who won't pay for iTunes downloads for the simple reason we can't burn them to CD to play in our cars, for example. Why spend $9.99 for something you can only listen to on your iPod, when you can spend $12.99 for something you can listen to everywhere, including your iPod? As of now, I have approximately 11,000 songs on my iPod, approximately 30 of which were purchased on iTunes. No more, excepting those occasions when folks may give me iTunes gift cards, which I don't bother asking for. That's just a personal anecdote, but I'm hardly unique in that outlook. Folks are tiring of Apple’s DRM, though. I know of people other than myself who won’t pay for iTunes downloads for the simple reason we can’t burn them to CD to play in our cars, for example. Why spend $9.99 for something you can only listen to on your iPod, when you can spend $12.99 for something you can listen to everywhere, including your iPod?

As of now, I have approximately 11,000 songs on my iPod, approximately 30 of which were purchased on iTunes. No more, excepting those occasions when folks may give me iTunes gift cards, which I don’t bother asking for.

That’s just a personal anecdote, but I’m hardly unique in that outlook.

]]> By: Glenn http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8189 Glenn Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:44:47 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8189 The Register used the word "collapse," not Forrester. Although digital growth is flattening, collapse was a very poor choice of words and was picked up by other newspapers. The Register used the word “collapse,” not Forrester. Although digital growth is flattening, collapse was a very poor choice of words and was picked up by other newspapers.

]]> By: brandon http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8188 brandon Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:09:05 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2006/12/12/itunes-sales-collapsing/#comment-8188 WOW..... WOW…..

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