wom wrote: > A yearly fee of not more than 12 dollars seems reasonable if some > development is being done. > @DrFiles47: Up to 10 dollars a month is insane, there you could afford 1 > or 2 decent subscriptions to online music services serving millions of > tracks :)
Some thoughts: Yes, I would totally agree any monthly charge (unless it's $1.00) is a no go for me. No more than $12.00/year or a one time fee might be o.k. IMO. If something like this was implemented I feel the price of current hardware would have to be MUCH lower than the current retail prices. I feel that the initial cost of hardware justifies no server charges. For example, if the Touch was continued & retail prices remained the same & their became some software fee the Touch would have to be upgraded (improved PSU, improved outputs, more outputs?, improved screen?, etc.) to handle ALL bit & sample rates & possibly have the ability to have easy hardware upgradability (instant App availability as soon as they hit the market amongst other things, etc.) if improved components become available (e.g. DAC, output modules, etc.) - like the Schiit DAC philosophy. If the Touch continued to sale as is in its current configurations & there was a server charge than the retail price IMO should be cut (possibly as much as 50%). People have paid a premium for the hardware to have supported server software. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBT2010's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40712 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96266 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
