http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/ Engadget Comments for Apple evaluating "all you can eat" iTunes option? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
2. ?????

3. PROFIT!!!]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
2. PROFIT!!]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
i get the reference.]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 19th 2008 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 19th 2008 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/

HAH. "yes please download these 320kbps downloads for one monthly fee, but be sure to delete them when you cancel your service!"

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WILL YOU GET NON-DRM UNLIMITED DOWNLOADS LEGALLY.]]>Mar 19th 2008 3:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/your not on the podium.]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
If by "your" you mean "you're" then yes, you are funny.]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Would I pay extra each month for an unlimited, downloadable iTunes library subscription? Again, depending how much extra, but I'd be more likely to go this option instead simply because it still allows me control whether or not to continue giving Apple money.

If the quality of the iTunes library goes downhill, I can end my subscription and save my money. If I pay it up front and the library goes down the toilet, Steve-O won't care, he's already got my money.]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 19th 2008 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/ill take 10$ a month over 200+$ per ipod, ktnx.]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Anyway, I'm with you man... Pirate music FTW!]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 20th 2008 11:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Gotta love them Apple-sized balls!

But really, that'd be great 'cause I'm in the market for a new iPod. All you can eat music, well, that'd be better than having two cocks! Especially for you (you know who you are).]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
We could call it the engadget challenge and host it on the 5th of April. Everyone try to refrain from the use of any metaphors for cock or balls. Any takers? Any engadgeteers wanna make this official?]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Prediction: tomorrow, farfisa is going to kill a baby. What a bastard, you shouldn't kill babies.]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/05/apples-little-problem-with-ripping-off-artists/
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/01/11/apple-intel-ad-not-so-original/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/07/ipod-touch-vs-htc-touch-apple-trademark-dispute-round-2/
...had to leave out the Cisco iPhone thing and the Touch ad that uses a tune from a Zune ad, but you get the idea.]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Am I missing something here? I mean are you making a joke or something because farfisa does, in fact, use both the words balls and cocks in his comment... Either that or your reading comprehension is TERRIBLE. ]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 19th 2008 2:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 19th 2008 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 20th 2008 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/nobody likes having to pay for the same music over and over each month(cough zune pass)
just keep the nice you pay you have it forever method ]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
except Netflix subscribers...

or Gamefly subscribers...

or Napster subscribers...

or Rhapsody subscribers...

or... Zune Pass subscribers.]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
And considering how Napster has been doing in the past and probably still recently, I don't think that would be the greatest example. Rhapsody mostly does OK b/c of Best Buy and I have no idea why anyone would use a Zune, so I can't comment on that part.

While I wouldn't say "no one wants a subscription service" I also wouldn't say your examples entirely prove that point.]]>Mar 19th 2008 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Why do they have to make it so complicated? I want it to download and just play and play and play without some crap ruining it. I think this is the reason why some peeps resort to Frostwire and Limewire for their music: It's easy and it won't fess you up with DRMs. It's a kind of "path of least resistance" thing that we all like.]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Also interesting is that Nokia's "Comes with Music" model referred to in the above article was lamented while I detect no such sentiment when Apple is rumored to be implementing a similar model. Hmmm...]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Since it's a 'rental', you're not supposed to keep it forever. Just for the time you paid for.

It's like renting a car for a week for a pretty small flat fee. Then when the week's over, you have to return it. You can't just keep it with you and take off with it.

The music giants put DRM to make sure that the music isn't going anywhere after that period. In subscription/rental models, DRM actually does make sense.

Though for buying, I agree - DRM shouldn't be bundled with music you bought legally. But for rentals, it makes sense that way.]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/]]>Mar 18th 2008 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/That's the point he is making. It is a ridiculous thought to rent your food simply BECAUSE it is a consumable. The idea being you don't rent music and you shouldn't have to.]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 19th 2008 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
"The food still tastes good going down."
"If you don't like subscription programs, buy the damn music. No one is stopping you. This is just another way to consume that suits some people better."
"It is expensive to discover new foods one expensive meal at a time. Better to sample everything at no additional cost"
"You're paying for access to a library, not eating food. Your metaphor is dumb"
the list goes on and on.

Really though, a subscription model for music makes sense to some users. Think of it like satellite radio but with an unlimited number of channels. You can get any song you want at a moment's notice, and listen to it right then and there. You never BUY the music, true. But you're not paying "purchase" prices for it either. I can download way more than 15 songs in a month, so I'm clearly not paying purchase prices. If I only listen to 5-10 new songs a month? Clearly the subscription model isn't for me, I should just buy my music piecemeal.]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
Engadget, WTF? This is breaking news? It's a rumor! I'm not one to get on this bias flame war unless I feel like there is something. Don't put it in "BREAKING NEWS" unless its a fact and is a big deal. Your vista coverage dose not exist and a rumor is breaking news? Come on.

/end rant]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/
It's because of the zune pass that I actually own a zune. That and the fact that three computers and three zunes can share one account/bill so I'm splitting the cost with my roommates.]]>Mar 18th 2008 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/18/apple-evaluating-all-you-can-eat-itunes-option/Mar 18th 2008 11:07PM