DISQUS

Paul Ellis · 1 year ago

Q: "who are these people that are using Amazon MP3 without having shopped on iTunes previously?"

A: Me :)

I'm not a fan of iTunes and detest having to have the software installed on my computer just to browse/purchase music. Amazon let's you shop without extra software (you know like every other online store in the world except iTMS), and I don't have to use an iPod or iTunes to play the music. So it works on my phone, in my car, on my Xbox, in Media Center, etc.

I know a lot of people use iTunes/iPods but apparently there is a pretty good sized market of people unwilling to be baptized into the church of Apple just to listen to their music. You don't buy music with DRM on it, you lease it.

Bob Caswell · 1 year ago

Paul-

But you had heard of iTunes previously and already rejected it, right? I guess I'm just thinking that it's a little presumptuous to think Amazon isn't taking Apple customers if (I'm assuming here) most Amazon MP3 customers have already tried and rejected iTunes as a shopping service.

In other words, Amazon is getting many customers that Apple should have had. So if I were Apple, I'd still be worried despite this new report.

Paul Ellis · 1 year ago

I had heard of iTunes, but have never had it installed on my primary computer. I have never purchased a track from iTunes. Funny enough, I did purchase a song at the Real Music Store, which is why I will never by any DRM'd track ever again. I just realized I have never given a single dollar to Apple in my entire life. I have used all sorts of Apple computers (II, IIgs, Mac SE30, various iMacs, MBP, etc), software (Quicktime, iTunes, OS X, etc), and of course various iPods, but I have never owned any of it.

Bob Caswell · 1 year ago

Paul, that's no small feat!

Paul Ellis · 1 year ago

It sure seemed easy to me. It isn't like a made a conscious choice when I was 10 that I wouldn't support Apple. I just haven't ever liked their products.