Comments on: All You Can Eat

By: Mike Cohen

Mike Cohen — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:04:06 +0000

I like to buy most of my music from eMusic. For $9/month I get 40 downloads, all DRM-free MP3s. Their selection isn’t as good as iTunes, but they have an excellent selection of indie, punk, and world music. I always check eMusic first and buy from iTunes only if it isn’t available in eMusic.

By: Dean Bush

Dean Bush — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:59:52 +0000

Great write-up Michael.
I too, have not purchased CD’s movies etc. in a LONG time. I recently copied my 300 CD’s & my DVD’s (that I’d watch again) to my iTunes Library. I’m in the process of getting rid of all my CD’s & DVD’s. (Less clutter in my life has been a God-send.)

Although, I don’t really see myself paying money for a subscription for music that I won’t own. I would be interested in a plan like that for movies/tv shows that I would most likely only be viewing once or twice. And would just make the purchases on the movies/shows that I would want to add to my library long-term. But music (for me) is much more permanent than movies…I want to own music.

By: Switcher

Switcher — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:22:57 +0000

…and it will be like current rentals, 5G iPod owners will get screwed. Then things they have already purchased will not work on the newer generation (games, for example). So there is far more cost to most of these “wonderful” new innovations by Apple. I’m a switcher so I suppose that puts me less in the blind allegiance camp? I love my Mac, my iPod but hate the way owners of still-working and still-robust hardware and software get pushed to the wayside with each Apple “innovation”

If Apple and Apple owners are looked at as being so conscious and forward-thinking, socially conscious folks why do these policies beg for more Apple electronics in the landfill?

By: Henning Stedtnitz

Henning Stedtnitz — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:10:05 +0000

I like the idea of indie newcomers being discovered via iTunes, and a lot of your other arguments are very convincing, but I’m not sure iTunes could kill Blockbuster just yet. Some people will still want real storage media in their hands. It’s like how ages ago people said the internet would kill libraries. It didn’t. People just stopped reading and moved to other media for entertainment…

By: Michael Mistretta

Michael Mistretta — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:15:51 +0000

Yes, the one argument against iTunes Unlimited being the one-stop place for content is for the stuff you do want to watch live (Ie. sports and news). I don’t know how Apple will overcome that barrier. Maybe by building in some IPTV challenges for sports and news on the AppleTV?

By: Indraneel

Indraneel — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 05:12:16 +0000

I don’t know if apple is going to do to this, but if they did, I wouldn’t cancel for cable. Until the day sports go entirely online, which will probably never happen, I’m keeping cable. But iTunes unlimited does look intriguing, but it’s not my cup of tea – I still like buying CDs.