http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/ Engadget Comments for 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/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Come on already... it's just a freakin' commercial! Gimme a break with all these Fanboys turning it into a big deal. ZOMG, Apple's gonna lost shares because Microsoft says their expensive... puuulease. ]]>May 11th 2009 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
I've paid an average of maybe $2 a month on iTunes music and Amazon music in the past year. I'm not a heavy music downloader... most of my stuff comes from CDs. I can play all my music anywhere I want, and I don't have to pay $1800 to keep it for the next 10 years (I would pay $240). And that's assuming that the music store is even around 10 years from now.

There's no doubt that some out there would benefit more from subscription plans. But those people would have to download MUCH more than the equivalent 18 albums per year on iTunes to be worth it... they are losing rights to play on any device, and right to play it after the subscription runs out.]]>May 11th 2009 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Why wouldn't you buy 256kb MP3s from Amazon and own them forever, sans the 5 computer, iTunes rule?]]>May 11th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/iTunes doesn't have any DRM songs anymore they are all 100% DRM FREE!! You can also keep them forever and put them on 1,000,000,000 computers if you wanted to!]]>May 11th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
I'm not talking about Apple. Or Windows. Or any product for that matter. I'm talking about being a smart consumer.

Did you reach the conclusion that Windows gives you more "bang for your buck" via the advertisements slinging mud at the competition (et tu Apple)? Or did you browse the independent notebook dealers and see their configuration, finally settling on a machine that gave you what you wanted?

All I'm saying is these ads are just ads. No serious person is going to buy something because the company tells you its this or that... I mean come on. I wouldn't buy a Mac because Justin Long says Time Machine can back up all my stuff, or that iLife can manage my photos...

]]>May 11th 2009 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/So, do I need to dump my computer?
I pay $10 on apple store and can have as much as 10 songs for pleasure, but I pay more than $100 to buy a Windows and suffer bugs.
M$ becomes extremely stupid when they found it is technically hopeless on fighting iTunes back!]]>May 11th 2009 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/iTunes doesn't have any DRM songs anymore they are all 100% DRM FREE!! You can also keep them forever and put them on 1,000,000,000 computers if you wanted to!"


So are BitTorrents!


]]>May 11th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Competition, people. It's good for you.]]>May 11th 2009 11:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 12th 2009 2:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
A. Is it Microsoft?
B. The record companies?
C. The Musician?

And also, who here iPod with iTunes purchased music only? Nobody. Here, have a phantom $30k.]]>May 12th 2009 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Further I don´t get why people bitch, its a simple fact that if you want to fill your ipod legally it will cost you a fortune while the zune with their unlimited account option gets you a fixed price. I find it rather smart since like many state here most won´t spend that much money but new users might be pursuaded into this zune thing.]]>May 12th 2009 3:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Now I've been pretty hard for Apple since making the switch to a mac about 8 months ago but when it came to upgrading my mp3 player 2 months ago I was seriously considering a Zune up until I found out it's not mac compatible and it's not even available in my country.

I didn't even really have an option since I was looking for a mp3 player with greater than 80GB. And now MS is going to be tentative in the "media/smart phone" market while Apple and Palm (once the Pre is released) take more and more market share away from them. And now you've got Android in the wild, which gives their handset partners like Samsung and HTC another option in OS, and I'd say it's about time MS got serious about they're competition in the handheld market place.

I really want MS to be a strong competitor, I really do, but when they're playing they're own game rather than the one driven by consumers then I think they're just not going to do as well as some of the others out there.]]>May 12th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/when you say M$ is bad, you will be ranked low.
Is Microsoft having a hand there to rank people low?
Or, just some people there are too emotional on MS?
funny, seems MS is a father of yours.]]>May 12th 2009 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Two points:

1) Your original post was downranked because it was a load of crap.
2) If you use M$, CrApple or Linsux as references you're a tool.]]>May 12th 2009 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 12th 2009 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 12th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 12th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
I understand your opinion towards the services, but the good thing about Zune Pass is you get to keep up to 10 tracks per month. (Most of them DRM free, and they announced it before Apple did)

Therefore in the long run, Zune Pass would be still way cheaper than buying music off iTunes store.
I also personally believe that Microsoft is commited to the Zune project since Zune Marketplace maybe combine with Xbox Live Marketplace in the future.

Better still, even Microsoft decided to end the subscription 3 years later you would still have 360 tracks for $540 (avaraging $1.5 per track v.s. iTunes $0.49 / 0.99 / 1.49 ]]>May 12th 2009 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
@Jimmy

I understand your opinion towards the services, but the good thing about Zune Pass is you get to keep up to 10 tracks per month. (Most of them DRM free, and they announced it before Apple did)

Therefore in the long run, Zune Pass would be still way cheaper than buying music off iTunes store.
I also personally believe that Microsoft is commited to the Zune project since Zune Marketplace maybe combine with Xbox Live Marketplace in the future.

Better still, even Microsoft decided to end the subscription 3 years later you would still have 360 tracks for $540 (avaraging $1.5 per track v.s. iTunes $0.49 / 0.99 / 1.49 ]]>May 12th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
@Jimmy

Also, I can recall a mate out here had a link to a survey which said "1 CD = 12 Tracks = $15+" v.s. 10 Track you love = $15 with unlimited DRMed music.

I guess not many people out there would be as cool as you had a chance to be DJ, and that's way it makes sense to most of the people out there : ) + you get the latest tracks instead of those from your college days.]]>May 12th 2009 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Why you engadget guys can't put reply blow every comment....

Your comment system is driving me crazy.]]>May 12th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Dude, you are SO stupid, haha.
You are the most arrogant, ignorant, annoying piece of trash posting on Engadget.
Your posts are so ridiculously biased, it's managed to make me laugh as I'm typing this.

You use AT&T
You use Nikon
You use Apple products.
You use Bose.

And you slander on EVERYTHING else.
Just because you don't like anything that comes out that might be better than what you have because you're just a stupid consumer who spends their money in the wrong place and then is bitter about it.

First off:
Apple does not own the music industry.
At ALL.
Record labels do. And you claim you're a musician? You're awfully stupid to say so. It's more than obvious you know very little about the industry, and how it works.
I'm 17, I've actually toured, I'm in a great band and we're working with labels right now.
You say that Bose is the best sound system company ever?
If that were the case, and if you knew a damn thing about consumerism, you'd know that we'd all be fucked if that were even remotely true.
It's a matter of personal preference. Saying that Bose is the best is like saying your ears are better than everyone else's.
And Denon has been around longer and made much more money making super-high range audio equipment.
And IMO, it's much better than Bose.

You stuck-up little brat, get over the fact that you know SO little about technology and any industrial complex of companies and music that you've managed to make yourself look like a douche-bag.
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And as for the ad that Microsoft is putting out... while I don't personally get my music from any stores(torrents), this is pretty persuasive to anyone who does. I mean, it's undeniable that this would be the right choice for anyone who buys their music traditionally from an online store. Even Amazon barely rivals such a nice deal by Microsoft. Microsoft has made some good choices recently. The 360 was a resounding success, Windows 7 is looking great, the Zune 2 was brilliant(whether the Apple fanboys think so or not, it is a great device), and now their ad campaigns are doing excruciatingly well for themselves. They make SENSE nowadays! Yay company competition for the consumers!!! Lower prices, please?]]>May 12th 2009 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
He's probably a troll, nobody can be that dumb. And if he is, well instead of being irritated you should feel pity for the inferior being.]]>May 12th 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
It would take approximately 166 years to pay $33,000 USD going the Zune Pass road.]]>May 12th 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Or the other way to look at it:

You download 8GB of ZunePass subscription songs in the first month and never download anything ever again.

Let's Assume 1000 songs. If you continue to pay $15/month for ZunePass for the initial 8GB it would take you 5½ years before it even started coming close to what those 1000 songs would have cose in iTunes.

And nothing is stopping you from downloading another 8GB each of those 66 months.
]]>May 12th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 15th 2009 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
I couldn't really care, because I'm an old fart who's major music buying days are behind meod hook for people who don't have their major music buying days behind them.

As for the record companies, well they can go suck it. If they had 100 million monthly subscribers, the record industry would be grossing $18 billion a year, which is more than what they made in 2000.

PS: for those bringing up bit torrent, I hear ya, but it's not the kind of argument you're gonna see in an ad, so it's kind of irrelevant.]]>May 22nd 2009 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Er, of course, not that I would know anything about that, you know.]]>May 11th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
These commercials are not aimed at a tech savvy audience. They are aimed at the masses who don't know how to use bit torrent (some of whom don't know how to even rip CDs).

The target audience of these commercials, I would assume, respond pretty well to them.]]>May 11th 2009 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 7:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
People still use Limewire?]]>May 11th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Torrentzcom - Demonoid - Whatcd - Shakespeer - Beatport - Amazon - iTunesPlus

Yay for no DRM!]]>May 11th 2009 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
You said they'll have trouble finding where your drive is store and then you just admitted that it's in your neighbor's house. wtf]]>May 11th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 8:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
Or.... does it cut me off and then I have absolutely nothing to show for my money...? Not sweet....]]>May 11th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 8:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/
You get 10 free songs every month to own forever with your $15/month. At $1.29/song that means you basically pay $2/month for unlimited access to the Marketplace while you have your subscription running. ]]>May 11th 2009 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/You use your ipod for data storage? My iPod cannot work as a mass storage device. Apple disabled that feature.]]>May 11th 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/11/microsofts-latest-ad-itunes-is-crazy-expensive/May 11th 2009 10:58PM