The main problem with CWM is that it's a licensing scheme that is way too complex for the average person to fully understand. That Nokia has never bothered explaining it in detail obviously hasn't helped matters either. Subscriptions are easily understood: you get all the music you want as long as you continue paying $x/month; when you stop paying, your music disappear. Simple. Buying DRM-free tracks is also easily understood. With CWM, you can download all the music you want for 1yr. After 1yr, you cannot download new tracks anymore, but Nokia says you can keep the music you've downloaded. However when you change phone and/or the (single!) computer you registered with CWM, you lose your music anyway. Unless, of course, you buy another CWM phone from Nokia. To make things even more complex, and to make a cost comparison with music subscriptions impossible, there's the fact that the amount of $ that CWM adds to a phone (i.e. the difference between the price of the CWM and the non-CWM variants of the same phone) is variable and depends on the specific handset considered. If that wasn't messy enough, there's the other fun fact that CWM is not offered for all Nokia smartphones, but only for selected models. So when CWM on your phone expires after 1yr, even if you decide to get another Nokia phone, there's no guarantee that the one you'll want will be offered with CWM.
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The main problem with CWM is that it's a licensing scheme that is way too complex for the average person to fully understand. That Nokia has never bothered explaining it in detail obviously hasn't helped matters either.
Subscriptions are easily understood: you get all the music you want as long as you continue paying $x/month; when you stop paying, your music disappear. Simple. Buying DRM-free tracks is also easily understood.
With CWM, you can download all the music you want for 1yr. After 1yr, you cannot download new tracks anymore, but Nokia says you can keep the music you've downloaded. However when you change phone and/or the (single!) computer you registered with CWM, you lose your music anyway. Unless, of course, you buy another CWM phone from Nokia.
To make things even more complex, and to make a cost comparison with music subscriptions impossible, there's the fact that the amount of $ that CWM adds to a phone (i.e. the difference between the price of the CWM and the non-CWM variants of the same phone) is variable and depends on the specific handset considered.
If that wasn't messy enough, there's the other fun fact that CWM is not offered for all Nokia smartphones, but only for selected models. So when CWM on your phone expires after 1yr, even if you decide to get another Nokia phone, there's no guarantee that the one you'll want will be offered with CWM.
@rav97
I have a solution -- pirate bay. lulz.