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Why exactly would it be a problem if the service folds? If it does I can find a different subscription service and once again download all the songs I want, all the while still paying the same flat rate. What, won't they have the same songs? Since the whole premise of a subscription service is that I don't pretend (like you do with a pay-per-song model) to own anything to begin with, I also can't lose anything. What I do have to "show" for the time I subscribe to the service is the endless amount of music I got to listen to during that time, with very little out-of-pocket money. How is that a bad thing? If I ended up listening to more music than someone else that has to pay for each song in order to "own" it, but I also paid less, then how am I worse off?

I think the problem is that people are either not thinking this through, or they are so brainwashed by His Steveness telling them they really do want to "own" the music that they can't tell a good deal from a bad deal anymore.

I suspect people are just dissing this because they are stuck with all the music they invested in with their iPods and can't get themselves to admit that this is a better deal.

Posted by: Qbt   Posted on: 11/23/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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