

NBC Universal says "good-bye" to iTunes






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RE: About time!!
By Oregonian2 on 8/31/2007 2:18:23 PM , Rating: 1
Why do people feel they are entitled to cheap music?

People want cheap everything.

A cup of coffee cost more then a song why??

Because the sellers can get it. Also that cup of coffee from Starbucks (etc) will be really good. Every time. Also it's drug related. One *NEEDS* caffeine more than a song sometimes.

Who should decide what a song is worth?

Buyers always do. It's the system.

This is private business and like all private businesses it should decide for itself to sale at whatever price it wants to

Yes, the seller can and does set the asking price. But only those buyers who agree that the worthiness (see previous question) is that high or higher will buy. Ask for less, more will buy. Basic supply and demand. Piracy does mess this system up though (as it would anything being sold including fakes of any sort).

I don't hear anyone complaining about the price of a meaningless device which without the music is nothing it's only cool cause it plays MUSIC!!!

Well, people do complain especially for the models you gave the price for. Those models also play movies and show photos. They also play podcasts which are usually free (main use for the one I had before it 'disappeared' from a hotel room I was in).

I'm curious though. If you net only 40% of the end-customer revenue from itunes and that itunes is ruining your small-guy industry, does that mean that your sales of CD's through retail yields a higher income (the alternative) or having your own download website? If itunes is so bad, why use them at all? I don't mean this in a bad way, I am curious. Although Apple sells a lot of tunes, my understanding that they're still only a small portion of the overall music distribution field.

