The amount of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace
Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace has now reported to have passed 25,000 apps by one site tracking comings and goings within it. (source: WindowsPhoneAppslist, July 2011)
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And you wonder why people put new music on LimeWire the day it is released! I do think it's fair that artists and labels get paid their fair pay, both to reward them for the work they put in making the music and to incite new artists to do the same. But to make people pay for the same recording twice is downright greedy. After all, XM already pays a licensing fee to play the songs. Any additional double-charging is only going to reduce consumer exposure to legal sources for music, and encourage illegal P2P services like LimeWire, KaZaa, and others for new music. As a paying customer, I don't mind paying a subscription fee (I pay for Napster a subscription fee and for per-tune downloads). But too many fees will merely drive them out of business. Then the P2P sources and other illegal sites will pop up to fill in the gaps. Then how will the labels get anything at all? Let's not kill the goose that lays the golden eggs, or there won't be any music at all!