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Top message: Ruh roh Raggy. by HurricaneDonald Jan 9, 2006, 4:19 PM

Replying to: Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 9, 2006, 11:54 PM

Re: Ruh roh Raggy.

by SystemShock Jan 10, 2006, 3:34 AM

kvazzz said:
I was with the Itunes when people made and said "I have to PAY for the music?
I'd rather use my Kazaa/eDonkey" etc

You watch, in a month you'll be like: "I should try it out, just for this one song I like..."

I think you're in fo' a rude suprise, KV.

iTunes had the advantage of its competition at launch time being mostly P2P pirates. The music companies sued the crap out of 'em, spammed 'em up with lots of phony tracks, shut down the original Napster, an' generally made themselves a royal pain in the ass. Plus there was the fact that a lot of people were (suprisingly) honest an' actually DID want to pay for music.

None of that translates to VCast Music. It has a very real chance of either failing or subsisting at a 'so what' level of sales, an' I think the decision to go WMA-only was not a bright one.

It is also not priced well.. its $1.99 over-the-air downloads are twice what Amp'd is asking for OTA, for example. Though Sprint is priced even worse, it must be said.

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Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 10, 2006, 11:34 AM
- Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by SystemShock Jan 10, 2006, 12:34 PM
  - Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 10, 2006, 8:22 PM
    - Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by SystemShock Jan 10, 2006, 9:00 PM
      - Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 10, 2006, 11:45 PM
        
        Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 10, 2006, 11:53 PM
        
        Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by SystemShock Jan 11, 2006, 12:07 AM
        
        Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 11, 2006, 12:00 PM
        
        Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by SystemShock Jan 11, 2006, 6:54 PM
        
        Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by kvazzz Jan 11, 2006, 10:23 PM
        
        Re: Ruh roh Raggy. by SystemShock Jan 12, 2006, 5:49 AM
        
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