On 15-Jan-09, at 5:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Jan 15, 2009, at 2:34 PM, Michael Luscombe wrote: > >> On the other hand, it's relatively easy to get independent music onto >> iTunes: >> >> <http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Get-Music-Onto-The-Itunes-Music- >> Store> >> >> I just don't like the idea of a music tap in my house that "the man" >> can turn off. It's just one more tether, one more control. Maybe that >> sounds like paranoia, but I can't say that I have any confidence that >> corporations have my best interest at heart. > > It's the way we've been conditioned as consumers: we want to own our > music and we want to rent our video. Notice that the subscription > music services have consistently failed in the market, whereas iTunes, > Emusic and Amazon are doing quite well selling music. > > OTOH, the Netflix and Blockbuster model rules for video consumption, > and Apple finally gave into the pressure to do the same with the > iTunes video rentals. > > I'm not sure why we've become so conditioned to this, except that > owning your own music was the model all along, whereas videos were so > hideously expensive in the beginning, developing a library was > prohibitive, so we got used to renting them. > > Also video doesn't lend itself to multitasking like music does, which > also inclines us to play music more often, which leads us again > towards owning it.
-- That's all probably true to some extent, and the nature of conditioning makes it hard to separate what might be free thought. I have a reasonably large DVD collection up to about 2000-01, then I stopped. When I considered the ROI on my owned movies, even movies I really, really like, I may view them twice, three times. There are exceptions, of course. I've played all 4 Alien movies to death, but I've only seen Gangs of New York twice. Music, on the other hand, plays all day in this house. My taste in music wanders, so a handful of albums get played to death, then I move on. Still, $10 for 200+ runs is decent. If it ends being something I really enjoy, I don't want to lose it. OWU by Metric has 600+ plays =) I do think it's fundamental differences in the way we use each product that determines whether it makes more sense as a short or long term purchase. I can think of a few albums that I probably should have leased to own first. -- Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
