KAIKai "
Im sure all those companies spent big money developing those updates, but none of them charge you for them"
aight lemme tell you sumthing
first off even if its not a monthly basis your paying for something un less your a pirate ....
here lemme put it this way
Zune: you pay for zune pass or music
PSP: games movies music.
Windows: Software music movies games
PS3: GAMES and movies
Xbox 360: XBOX live ..games m
Samsung: music movies depends on what
Creative: MUSIC
in the end your paying for something and the company who makes the product gets a cut in SOMEWAY
sorry to put you down"
lets seee
the music subscription is optional
umm you still buy music for the ipod
and oh you still pay for apps on the touch. so tell me what the difference is from what you just said, oh thats right there isnt one. come back when you get your facts straight

If apple is worried about being audited that means they are doing things that shouldn't be done. Fraudulent things.

They are free.

At Andrew:
First of all its Tim not Tom

Second of all...
"Why would apple put millions of dollars into developing new software updates for people who don't give them money on a monthly basis?"
What about all of the other free software updates that they spend millions of dollars on?

I couldn't even upgrade my laptop.

lol i was thinking that too!

If this is the way this is going to go its not even worth it. Apple needs to get off their hi horse grow some balls and give people what they want. I would rather have them wait until it is ready then try to do it early. Can anyone say Microsoft? It kind of reminds me of Vista.

You sound like you work for a cell phone company

So what about all of us who already have cell phone plans? Would we get to cancel our contracts early without a fine too? Or do we get screwed and still have to wait?

People actually hack something like this?