Comments on: iTunes – Why The Sad Face? http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/ Mobiles, Shakespeare, Politics, Usability. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joolshttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-101 Jools Thu, 28 May 2009 22:27:42 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-101 Re: paymentA quick Google for "create iTunes account without credit card" produced this Apple Support document as the No.1 Result:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534 Re: payment

A quick Google for “create iTunes account without credit card” produced this Apple Support document as the No.1 Result:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534

]]> By: Nokia Ovi - 25 Mistakes - Terence Eden's Bloghttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-63 Nokia Ovi - 25 Mistakes - Terence Eden's Blog Tue, 26 May 2009 14:14:18 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-63 [...] be fair, the sign up process isn’t too bad. Apple could learn a lot from it. A pretty good sign up [...] [...] be fair, the sign up process isn’t too bad. Apple could learn a lot from it. A pretty good sign up [...]

]]> By: somerandomnerdhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-15 somerandomnerd Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:23:00 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-15 Yep- it's all about lock in.<br /><br />iTunes music used to tie you in to the iTunes platform, which tied you into the iPod. Now it's iPhone applications that keep you tied into the iTunes/Apple ecosystem. Then, when your iPhone dies, you won't want to move to a non-Apple platform. (Which is why Apple are spending so much time and effort on making sure the iPhone platform makes developers happy.)<br /><br />It would annoy me more if there was something out there that I wanted to switch to though; but no other music player/library organizer can do what I want it to do- move songs I've listened to off my device, and move songs I've not heard for a while on. A simple task that only Apple (precisely because of their lock-in strategy) can do.<br /><br />And at the end of the day, support for the open web is more important to me than an open handset... Yep- it’s all about lock in.

iTunes music used to tie you in to the iTunes platform, which tied you into the iPod. Now it’s iPhone applications that keep you tied into the iTunes/Apple ecosystem. Then, when your iPhone dies, you won’t want to move to a non-Apple platform. (Which is why Apple are spending so much time and effort on making sure the iPhone platform makes developers happy.)

It would annoy me more if there was something out there that I wanted to switch to though; but no other music player/library organizer can do what I want it to do- move songs I’ve listened to off my device, and move songs I’ve not heard for a while on. A simple task that only Apple (precisely because of their lock-in strategy) can do.

And at the end of the day, support for the open web is more important to me than an open handset…

]]> By: palfreyhttp://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-16 palfrey Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:14:00 +0000 http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2009/02/itunes-why-the-sad-face/#comment-16 <i>You must follow Apple's proscribed path</i><br /><br />And hence why OS X is the only operating system to ever give me a feeling of claustrophobia - of being trapped in a little Apple-defined box, and those walls are far too close together for my liking... You must follow Apple’s proscribed path

And hence why OS X is the only operating system to ever give me a feeling of claustrophobia – of being trapped in a little Apple-defined box, and those walls are far too close together for my liking…

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