Comments on: Boycott iTunes and Show Apple We Still Have a Choice

By: Enough

Enough — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 20:39:07 +0000

I too USE TO be a loyal itunes patron; no more! I don’t need your Iphone, Android offers me freedom to go outside if I wish. I don’t need your ITunes; Amazon.com is building a nice library of music at a better price. And my Windows Media Player organizes my music just fine. I am done with apple, and when my son ask for Nano, I will say no, BUT I will buy you another MP3 player.

By: Darrell

Darrell — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:28:21 +0000

Yes Agree totally. I saved £2 by getting my tracks on Amazon instead of itunes. Which means I can get around 4 more songs with the money I saved.

Amazon even had some hit new releases for just 29p!

If only itunes stopped being so greedy and people stopped using them…

By: zusan

zusan — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:14:36 +0000

End the monopoly!
We itunes customers are honest people willing to PAY for licences, music, movies etc.

And they are making it harder and harder for us to do so!

I am now considering going off-market for my music an other things because itunes is becoming so impossible.

The technology is there, global users are there; but by wanting to protect themselves they are going to kill themselves.

I paid for my music, why can’t I (a) take it with me out of the country on a vacation?? (b) use a piece of it as a ringtone for my phone? (c) listen to it in my home on a device other than an Apple device?

If the world applied Apple philosophy, there would be no need for any luggage on international flights. All your clothes, cosmetics, books, belongings would be confiscated at the border – hey, you bought those Levis in the US, you’re not allowed to use them in Europe!!!

Totally fed up and looking for new solutions.

By: bret lindquist

bret lindquist — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:40:34 +0000

I agree with most of this. I think apple has gone to far with a lot of the things they are doing. I am actually rooting for google to take the lead in all of this. They so far have the right attitude and are always developing things to make them easier and better.

By: Upstart Blogger

Upstart Blogger — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:12:45 +0000

@Tiziano: Thanks for your comment. I think the cell phone industry should be more open in general. It took a long time before we could keep our phone numbers when changing carriers. I think all phones should be open, but I accepted that the iPhone would be locked to AT&T when I bought it and I understand the business case for it (Apple shares in the revenue). But I can’t think of a legitimate reason to prevent third-party apps. I have to think it would be better by far for Apple to open up and encourage third-party development for the iPhone, which can only make it more attractive in the marketplace.

I’ve calmed down considerably since writing this post and I hold out hope that Apple will open the iPhone in the future. In the meantime, I do think twice before mindlessly giving Apple my money and I won’t be buying anything from iTunes anytime soon.

By: Tiziano

Tiziano — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:44:34 +0000

Robert,
I am from Italy. We had a telecom carrier that locked their mobile phones. No other sim card allowed. A lot of “hackers” opened the lock. (500.000 phones unlocked in one year).

After years of lawsiut our Court said that is in the custormers’ rights to decide which kind of sim card (and carrier) will be used in the mobile phone. All the locks are limitation of the “comprehensive and exclusive use of the purchased goods”. All the telecommunications carriers are compelled to un-locked their phones after 18 months for free and after 9 month paying a little fee.

On this notion, the Court said that is NOT a crime to unlock devices (phones, PC and Playstations).

Probably this is one of the problems ’cause the iPhone is not yet ready to buy in our country. (Yes, of course there are other reasons and we have also problems with the EDGE net and probably we will wait the 3G version).

Sorry for my bad English, expecially writing on a so ticklish argument.

Tiziano

By: kaiser

kaiser — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:24:02 +0000

i´m on your site. didn´t update from oldscholl-itunes which got all functions i need… no store, no nothing … and especially no iphone, imac or iwhatever