I don't see what there is for a "zune fanboi" to spin. It's not like MS increased the price of the Zune to cover this fee, so why would a consumer care?
Apple fanboys might care because Universal is threatening to do the same to Apple when their current contract with Apple runs out, but as long as Apple doesn't up the price of iPod to cover the fee, then I don't see why there's any reason to care about that either (well, normal iPod buyers wouldn't care; Apple fanboys would care because they get off on Apple's profit sheets, even though they see none of the money themselves (shareholders notwithstanding)).
It sounds like Universal is demanding a fee on the Zune hardware, otherwise they won't allow their music to be sold at the Zune online store. Why you guys are bashing MS rather than Universal is beyond me. And again, Zune's price didn't increase (it still costs the same as 30GB iPod and has more functionality), so why would consumers care?
just do the math! if universal gets a cut then the other labels will want one too. and if they can each get 1$ now then why not ask for 5$ the next time. the simple point is that microsoft set a precedent by giving in to the label' shameless-never-ending greed. eventually this is going to reflect on the price of DAP - not now, because microsoft doesn't really care if the lose 10 or 11$ at the moment. maybe apple won't care, but i bet all the others who are trying to make a profit (like sansa, creative, iriver, etc.) are going to hurt pretty bad. to sum it up: microsoft seems willing to f*ck it up for everyone else, as long as it helps their own interests. hmmm, i wonder why that sounds familiar?
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I don't see what there is for a "zune fanboi" to spin. It's not like MS increased the price of the Zune to cover this fee, so why would a consumer care?
Apple fanboys might care because Universal is threatening to do the same to Apple when their current contract with Apple runs out, but as long as Apple doesn't up the price of iPod to cover the fee, then I don't see why there's any reason to care about that either (well, normal iPod buyers wouldn't care; Apple fanboys would care because they get off on Apple's profit sheets, even though they see none of the money themselves (shareholders notwithstanding)).
It sounds like Universal is demanding a fee on the Zune hardware, otherwise they won't allow their music to be sold at the Zune online store. Why you guys are bashing MS rather than Universal is beyond me. And again, Zune's price didn't increase (it still costs the same as 30GB iPod and has more functionality), so why would consumers care?
just do the math! if universal gets a cut then the other labels will want one too. and if they can each get 1$ now then why not ask for 5$ the next time.
the simple point is that microsoft set a precedent by giving in to the label' shameless-never-ending greed. eventually this is going to reflect on the price of DAP - not now, because microsoft doesn't really care if the lose 10 or 11$ at the moment. maybe apple won't care, but i bet all the others who are trying to make a profit (like sansa, creative, iriver, etc.) are going to hurt pretty bad.
to sum it up: microsoft seems willing to f*ck it up for everyone else, as long as it helps their own interests. hmmm, i wonder why that sounds familiar?
I hope everyone is a fanboy/girl of music. This OS war mentality misses the point. MS's tactics are bad for all music fans.