Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune? - Idolator Comments

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

remarkie — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:48:36 EDT

"Hardware makers," "cell companies"--wrong answer. If they want to have any chance of success with a fee-based "subscription" model, they would hook up with the cable companies and the telecos who *already* bill us each month for our broadband service. (They should have done this in 1999, but hey...) They also need to spell out the terms: would "subscribers" own music or just rent it from Big Media?

remarkie

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

Dan Gibson — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:12:50 EDT

@drjayphd: I can understand that line of thinking.

Dan Gibson

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

drjayphd — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 22:30:54 EDT

@DanGibson: @maura: Eh, my comment was mostly aimed at the MIMS song. There's absolutely no way that this model's going to work, as Dan mentioned. Just taking every chance to take a few potshots at MIMS.

drjayphd

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

Dan Gibson — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:20:16 EDT

@drjayphd: I thought I might reference some of the most popular singles of the year. You can replace the references to popular culture with whatever obscure thing you enjoy.

Dan Gibson

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

Maura Johnston — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:16:11 EDT

@drjayphd: you can just as easily substitute new music from, say, the new pornographers or OMG RADIOHEAD!! into that sentence.

Maura Johnston

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

Chris Molanphy — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:28:26 EDT

Oh Thug, Thug, Thug...you little (and I do mean little) scamp: When will you learn? People don't want another cable bill.

Sounds like the writer of "Smokin' in the Boys' Room" wants us all rounded up to the Principal's office. But his alternate solution would surely be the death of us all.

Chris Molanphy

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

drjayphd — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:34:35 EDT

...when they realize that "This Is Why I'm Hot," "Walk It Out," or "We Fly High" aren't available.

This is a bad thing how?

drjayphd

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

pantsonfireliarliar — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:25:49 EDT

Yeah and hardware companies are gonna "eat" that $5/month cost? Yeah right. It's gonna get passed right along to the consumer so you'll see players that are more expensive or cell phones that don't get as much of a discount.

pantsonfireliarliar

Will Universal Manage To Make A Music Player More Useless Than The Zune?

Jupiter8 — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:20:10 EDT

Any idea how much of the "only" 70 cents the record companies whine about getting actually goes to, um, the folks who create the music?

Jupiter8