Here is another speculative view of why Apple acquired lala.com
http://www.technobuffalo.com/blog/internet/was-lala-googles-foray-into-the-music-business
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I can't help, but think that Steve Jobs' next move after the acquisition
of lala.com is to go after services like Pandora, Last.FM, Slacker and
Spotify. It probably also means that the streaming services are going
to be integrated into iTunes. I think this can become another great move
by the
iTunes already does streaming. Are you talking about a subscription
service like Napster/Rhapsody?
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tamanaco wrote:
What do you think?... Am I dreaming here?
More like a nightmare for me.
I don't want my music packaged and controlled by the borg.
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That's more or less what lala does, isn't it?
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autopilot;493113 Wrote:
iTunes already does streaming. Are you talking about a subscription
service like Napster/Rhapsody?
It already does streaming, but as far as I know, it does not do high
bitrates... Adding a high bitrate local server, remote streamed
services and adding a new product
pfarrell;493116 Wrote:
tamanaco wrote:
What do you think?... Am I dreaming here?
More like a nightmare for me.
I don't want my music packaged and controlled by the borg.
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+1 have to agree. iTunes messes to much with ones music in the first
iPhone;493120 Wrote:
There is only one reason I can't turn any song I paid for on CD into a
ring tone for my iPhone, MONEY IE Apple Greed! One is forced to buy the
song from the iTunes Store and then pay again to turn it into a ring
tone.
It is perfectly possible to create a ring tone from
Pat, iPhone, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm not an iAnything fan, but
I admire S. Jobs business moves. He has a captive audience with the
iPhone and iPods that are centered around iTunes. What I see him doing
is aggregating services for his already captive audience to keep them
happy and to
tamanaco wrote:
Pat, iPhone, I'm not disagreeing with you. I'm not an iAnything fan, but
I admire S. Jobs business moves.
This is really a separate topic.
Steve Jobs is a brilliant businessman. Nearly as good as the world's
smartest business man, Steve Case, who sold a puffed up marketing
iPhone;493120 Wrote:
There is only one reason I can't turn any song I paid for on CD into a
ring tone for my iPhone, MONEY IE Apple Greed! One is forced to buy the
song from the iTunes Store and then pay again to turn it into a ring
tone.
I understand the frustration that people have in
exile;493140 Wrote:
I understand the frustration that people have in regards to steve but
let's be fair. there is a simple workaround for virtually every
restriction placed on the itunes experience. The process of making your
own ringtone free of charge is ridiculously easy, as was the
I just don't see the point in getting upset at steve. he's quite simply
a brilliant businessman as well as a visionary for the technological
future.
as for your other point, I stand by the notion that people should take
personal responsibility for their actions. so with that said, if someone
is
Jon Healey of the LA Times posted some interesting thoughts about Apple
and lala. I'm sure they have something in mind, perhaps what Tamanaco
says, or maybe they're just taking out a competitor.
While I don't prefer or own Apple products, I respect their repeated
accomplishments. No consumer
I will be candid: I hate iTunes. Adn that has a history.
From 1990 to 1999 I was a total Apple nut and a stronghold for Macs in
an enterprise environment that increasingly went Windows. And don't get
me wrong: I think Windows is bloated and flawed and I am not a gullgible
fan that will ever
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