Comments on: Jobs says “No” to Music Subscriptions, “Yes” to more DRM-Free music on the way

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:43:47 +0000

@ Derek

I actually talked about doing just that in today’s podcast (which should go live in a few minutes)

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:34:32 +0000

I’m all for the subscription service, I’d use it.

However, I think it would be good if Apple could make both scenarios possible. If you want to buy your music, great! If you want all the music you want (but not own it) that’s do able too.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:11:28 +0000

I think its pretty obvious people want to own their music, subscriptions are really dumb imo and I would never use one. I think it would be nice for Apple to put their foot down and say no to them, but if adding a subcription model meant having all DRM free tracks. I think we might be seeing it in the near future.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:57:48 +0000

@nitt

I agree. I don’t think you can judge the success of something like a subscription model until you’ve had it implemented on the industry leading player. I think the primary reason that we don’t see a subscription model for iTunes is because it means less money for Apple.

By: nittanylion

nittanylion — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:18:23 +0000

Steve Jobs is right, so far the subscription models have failed. But having the iPod imcompatible (and vice versa) with those services that use the subscription model, has been more than any other reason for their failure.