Comments on: Is iPod, iTunes, iTunes Music Store A Monopoly?

By: Brian Zellinger

Brian Zellinger — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:59:00 +0000

I don’t use any mp3 players. So, I don’t care. However, if I were to buy one today, it wouldn’t be an iPod. I’d rather get a ‘plays for sure’ player and subscribe to Yahoo! music unlimited.

People are stupid. They buy iPods because they don’t know any better. They don’t know what’s out there. They don’t know that there are other products and services that do the same thing, but cheaper. I ,once, was an AOL user. I didn’t know any better. I thougth that’s how you get online. After trial and error and just being a ‘net user, I’ve seen the light. Many more people followed. They ‘wised up’.

That’s why iPod is and iFad.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 11:26:00 +0000

Another bunch of whiners who can’t accept that Apple has touched a market of ready consumers with a perfectly timed product and they are getting rich from it. You don’t like it, don’t use it. Now STFU.

By: Brian Zellinger

Brian Zellinger — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:31:00 +0000

People will wise up to this fad eventually.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 07:26:00 +0000

Is it a bad deal? Yes. Do they have exclusive control of online MP3 sales? Are they preventing competition in some way? Just because they are popular doesn’t make them a monopoly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:20:00 +0000

What industry or market has Apple monopolized??

By: Alexander Grundner

Alexander Grundner — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:16:00 +0000

Oh, I forgot to say…

Thomas, buddy, you’ve got to get in the conversation!

By: Alexander Grundner

Alexander Grundner — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 22:13:00 +0000

This is the same conversation we've been having on eHomeUpgrade.

See:
A Possible Solution to Our DRM Conundrum

Rob Enderle: Apple Will Succeed in "Owning" the Digital Home Market (I Think Not)

The only thing that's different are the numbers the judge quoted which are much higher than we suspected.