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AAPL & iTunes

By Johns Wu on Mar 13, 2006

I'm surprised how well Apple's iTunes service is prospering. I used iTunes a couple times but I just feel that people aren't getting their money's worth. AllofMp3.com, a Russian mp3 filesharing network, offer music downloads for about $.10/song with an interace just as nice as that of AAPL's. I'm not sure how legal AllofMp3's operation is, but it seems like theres a big controversy over it. Nevertheless, as more and more people discover this service, how will AAPL's iTunes service stay competitive? Something to think about.

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4 Responses to “AAPL & iTunes”


By Anonymous on March 13th, 2006 at 5:12 am

Russian selling MP3 songs do not obtain distribution rights for other countries outside of Russia.

By Ted Carissey on March 13th, 2006 at 10:15 pm

this is a bootleg site and it is insignificant to the commercial music downloading market. this site caters only to those who want to obtain free, illegal music. of course, thats a big market, but you are missing the point of iTunes success if you think a rank site like this will even begin to take market share from Apple. Itunes offers an intriguing proprietary marketing interface, a legitimate nexus, excellent support, and the backing of the most reliable and successful consumer media company in the world. people will pay 0.99 for that any day.

By Danny on March 14th, 2006 at 1:18 am

Iagree with poster # 2 — I think Apple still has legs — I’m sure you saw those bullish analyst commnets from BEAR STEARNS today, right?

By curt504 on March 22nd, 2006 at 5:08 am

JMHO that iTunes being proprietary and closed has a liability similar to the fates of past closed and proprietary products. It can be replaced by customers running to a newer and open choice (what ever that turns out to be).

iPods have a built in risk that apple has designed in: short lifespan and no servicabilty option. For how long will folks pony up $300 for a device who’s lifespan is shockingly short. I wonder how may of the first batch of 4Gb iPods are still running and not in some dump?

I believe AAPL must address both issues at some point to stay on top. Otherwise a new comer with replacable batteries and disks and an open music server will run AAPL over with a truck.

JMHO, curt

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