The Almost Obligatory iPhone Review > Awe, poor RIAA having trouble gouging customers

reply to peter_m

Re: Awe, poor RIAA having trouble gouging customers

said by peter_m:

Apple sells DRM free music so you can stick it where ever you want

You'll be taken more seriously if you refrain from using childish name-replacement.

It's not even that I disagree with you (which I do, but that is beside the point), but make your point in a mature manner. As soon as many people read your comments on the "iBone", much of what you have to say becomes irrelevant.

If the iPhone, iPod and iTunes store are not well-suited to what's important to you, then by all means use what works. No reasonable Apple fan (and most are more reasonable than you expect) will care. Buy what works for you.

I'm an Apple fan, and I find myself recommending non-Apple products to people all the time if what Apple has to offer is not suited to their needs.
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Been around the world and found
That only stupid people are breeding
The cretins cloning and feeding
And I don't even own a TV.

reply to WileEC

said by WileEC:

said by peter_m:

The RIAA regularly sue deceased people and single mothers for no apparent reason. RIAA wants your bank account to be deducted every time you hum a song.

The RIAA has every right to defend their intellectual property. People want to share copyrighted music online, which is against United States and international laws, they get caught, they get sued. Case closed.

said by peter_m:

Apple sells DRM free music so you can stick it where ever you want

Apple sells DRM free music that (1) costs more than non-drm music and (2) contains your personal information in an effort to keep people from trading it online.

said by peter_m:

Apple want to make money in exchange for a unique, well designed and functional product.

As far as well-designed, that is easily debatable and based on opinion. How is an iBone well designed when it lacks basic features found on most inexpensive modern cell phones such a voice dialing (a feature I use ALL THE TIME), changeable ring tones, replaceable battery, etc? Sorry, but its all iHype and smart people aren't buying into it.

Anyone stupid enough to THROW AWAY $600 on a pretty CELL PHONE is an iTard.

reply to WileEC
I was unaware that you had a gun to your head forcing you to buy music from iTunes.

I was unaware that there was a bunch of music that was an iTunes exclusive.

Last time I checked you could still buy CDs and rip them.

Get a grip. Apple haters are free to buy music elsewhere.

A man broke into my house and made me use my credit card to buy his songs from iTunes (they were exclusive to iTunes.
Also he said he'd kill me if I bought a cd and/or ripped it.
Then he touched my bum in a most unpleasant manner, it was awful. *cries*

How much longer are we going to subject ourselves to this kind of terror waged upon us by Iran? HOW MUCH LONGER?

reply to WileEC
You worry too much about what other people do with their money.

reply to WileEC

LOL, good catch. I meant using the mic as one would use it on a conventional MP3 player.. to record voice memos. It has been edited, thanx.

reply to M A R S

said by M A R S:

said by WileEC:

said by peter_m:

The RIAA regularly sue deceased people and single mothers for no apparent reason. RIAA wants your bank account to be deducted every time you hum a song.

The RIAA has every right to defend their intellectual property. People want to share copyrighted music online, which is against United States and international laws, they get caught, they get sued. Case closed.

said by peter_m:

Apple sells DRM free music so you can stick it where ever you want

Apple sells DRM free music that (1) costs more than non-drm music and (2) contains your personal information in an effort to keep people from trading it online.

said by peter_m:

Apple want to make money in exchange for a unique, well designed and functional product.

As far as well-designed, that is easily debatable and based on opinion. How is an iBone well designed when it lacks basic features found on most inexpensive modern cell phones such a voice dialing (a feature I use ALL THE TIME), changeable ring tones, replaceable battery, etc? Sorry, but its all iHype and smart people aren't buying into it.

Anyone stupid enough to THROW AWAY $600 on a pretty CELL PHONE is an iTard.

Please get a grip

reply to WileEC
I thought it was $800

reply to WileEC
Uh, just so you know, the music is NOT their intellectual property. It is the property of the ARTISTS. The RIAA only acts as a distributor which is why pretty much NONE of their cases have held up in court. The RIAA is one of those organizations run by those of a certain ethnicity that have figured out how to make tons of money by basically doing nothing (very similar to banking, insurance and other forms of the media).