Comments on: Oops http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/ Apple news and analysis from everyone's favorite mythical Mac user Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Dhrakar http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/comment-page-1/#comment-2666 Dhrakar Mon, 18 Dec 2006 20:04:47 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=121#comment-2666 To me, it all boils down to the fact that Orlowski has _always_ hated business models like iTunes. His favored solution is a mandatory licensing scheme (ala the British TV system). The system would be funded by a surcharge on broadband internet access and would (theoretically) then be distributed to artists/publishers/etc -- *ahem*). Anyway, Orlowski was waiting for just such a report as he'd hoped this one was so he jumped. He just can't seem to get past the fact that most folks (like me) really don't care about the minimal DRM in iTunes. I can play the stuff I bought in it's protected form on all of my systems (work and home) and I've also unripped an album for one of my kids to play in their CD player. So what's the lock-in again? ... To me, it all boils down to the fact that Orlowski has _always_ hated business models like iTunes. His favored solution is a mandatory licensing scheme (ala the British TV system). The system would be funded by a surcharge on broadband internet access and would (theoretically) then be distributed to artists/publishers/etc — *ahem*).
Anyway, Orlowski was waiting for just such a report as he’d hoped this one was so he jumped. He just can’t seem to get past the fact that most folks (like me) really don’t care about the minimal DRM in iTunes. I can play the stuff I bought in it’s protected form on all of my systems (work and home) and I’ve also unripped an album for one of my kids to play in their CD player. So what’s the lock-in again? …

]]> By: Pilster http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/comment-page-1/#comment-2635 Pilster Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:39:42 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=121#comment-2635 Even the good ol' BBC managed to make an embarassing fluff of the "iTunes sales plumett" bull. On News 24 after the business report regurgitated the Forrester information, one of the news anchors said "well, who wants an iPod anyway. They break down after a year and a half". I rather hope that Apple's lawyers were tuned in... Even the good ol’ BBC managed to make an embarassing fluff of the “iTunes sales plumett” bull. On News 24 after the business report regurgitated the Forrester information, one of the news anchors said “well, who wants an iPod anyway. They break down after a year and a half”.
I rather hope that Apple’s lawyers were tuned in…

]]> By: Blain http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/comment-page-1/#comment-2634 Blain Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:07:08 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=121#comment-2634 El Reg is not as much news as it is entertainment. Their logo is of a vulture, their motto is, 'Biting the hand that feeds IT', and they host Bastard Operator From Hell. They have articles such as: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/14/christmas_music_torture/" rel="nofollow">Government asked to investigate Christmas music torture</a>: Little Drummer Boy still at large <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/vista_pirates_hole/" rel="nofollow">Vista plugs piracy hole</a> Avast! And, 6 years old, but always a classic: <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/01/22/register_tariff/" rel="nofollow">Register Tariff 2001</a>: We'll do anything for money Not just a tabloid, a <i>british</i> tabloid! El Reg is not as much news as it is entertainment. Their logo is of a vulture, their motto is, ‘Biting the hand that feeds IT’, and they host Bastard Operator From Hell. They have articles such as:
Government asked to investigate Christmas music torture: Little Drummer Boy still at large
Vista plugs piracy hole Avast!
And, 6 years old, but always a classic: Register Tariff 2001: We’ll do anything for money

Not just a tabloid, a british tabloid!

]]> By: Korivak http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/comment-page-1/#comment-2633 Korivak Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:59:13 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=121#comment-2633 Ah, January though June. The season for paying off all that credit card debt that we all build up now, during the season of buying too many expensive presents. Nothing makes you want to race out and buy lots of nice new Apple products like crippling debt! The writers over at The Register should spend some time working in retail before they write another word about quarter to quarter buying trends. You know what happens to people that work in retail in January? They get fired. Especially if they're stupid and lack common sense. Ah, January though June. The season for paying off all that credit card debt that we all build up now, during the season of buying too many expensive presents. Nothing makes you want to race out and buy lots of nice new Apple products like crippling debt!

The writers over at The Register should spend some time working in retail before they write another word about quarter to quarter buying trends. You know what happens to people that work in retail in January? They get fired. Especially if they’re stupid and lack common sense.

]]> By: Simone Manganelli http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/comment-page-1/#comment-2632 Simone Manganelli Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:34:51 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=121#comment-2632 John Muir: If you read The Register for any appreciable period of time, you will probably eventually come to the conclusion that Andrew Orlowski is a blowhard, and that The Register is the equivalent of those tabloids that you see in the checkout lane at the supermarket. John Muir:

If you read The Register for any appreciable period of time, you will probably eventually come to the conclusion that Andrew Orlowski is a blowhard, and that The Register is the equivalent of those tabloids that you see in the checkout lane at the supermarket.

]]> By: John Muir http://www.macalope.com/2006/12/15/oops/comment-page-1/#comment-2630 John Muir Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:10:33 +0000 http://www.macalope.com/?p=121#comment-2630 If the "UK outfit called The Register" doesn't come clean with a full clarification and retraction of their bone headed and downright jackassed analysis that the iTunes sky is falling, given the criticism of their OWN SOURCE, then they can forget all about being journalists and will have shown themselves for the fingers in their ears fantasists that they all too likely are. And this is from a UK commenter who'd like to know why anyone would ever take them more seriously than some anti-iPod kid with a chip on his blog. If the “UK outfit called The Register” doesn’t come clean with a full clarification and retraction of their bone headed and downright jackassed analysis that the iTunes sky is falling, given the criticism of their OWN SOURCE, then they can forget all about being journalists and will have shown themselves for the fingers in their ears fantasists that they all too likely are.

And this is from a UK commenter who’d like to know why anyone would ever take them more seriously than some anti-iPod kid with a chip on his blog.

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