http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050207/1430/ Technology, music, video, art, news, reviews and muse on the web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050207/1430/#comment-809 Andrew Ferguson Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:42:00 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050207/1430/#comment-809 I would argue that the iTunes/iPod is still a better deal. There is a reason that iPod has over 90% market-share for HDD based music players (http://news.com.com/Its+all+about+the+iPod/2100-1041_3-5406519.html), it's because the devices works and it works REALLY well. Also, with Napster you really never own the tracks, you rent them. And to keep renting them, you have to keep up your subscription to Napster. Who says that Napster won't jackup prices in the future? At least with iTunes, you actually have permanent rights to the music you're paying for. I would argue that the iTunes/iPod is still a better deal. There is a reason that iPod has over 90% market-share for HDD based music players (http://news.com.com/Its+all+about+the+iPod/2100-1041_3-5406519.html), it’s because the devices works and it works REALLY well. Also, with Napster you really never own the tracks, you rent them. And to keep renting them, you have to keep up your subscription to Napster. Who says that Napster won’t jackup prices in the future? At least with iTunes, you actually have permanent rights to the music you’re paying for.

]]> http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050207/1430/#comment-808 Michael Hanscom Mon, 07 Feb 2005 07:35:00 +0000 http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050207/1430/#comment-808 Worth reading in response: http://daringfireball.net/2005/02/magic_8ball_napster Worth reading in response: http://daringfireball.net/2005/02/magic_8ball_napster

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