Don't get me wrong. I think he is operation genius, but he lacks vision. He bets on a company which was in its decline. And their streaming service was a total failure. If not saved by Apple, Beats would just die by slow death.
And what part of Beats was failing? Their domination of the headphone market or their brand new streaming service that just launched this year?
It gets old doesn't it? Channeling deceased CEOs always seemed to be in bad taste, and it doesn't even matter, as it portrays a static vision of the individual. Jobs himself changed his mind on a number of things over the years, yet someone trying to second guess him today can only look at the subset of publicly known decisions made toward the last known points where he was still alive. I get really tired of it, because it's not accurate or a reasonable way to gauge anything.
Someone will have to bear responsibility for this Beats non-sense. If Tim thinks that Apple users will rush to buy overpriced streaming subscriptions to add to the pool of the existing 110k Beats customers, he is deeply mistaken. I am thinking Cook is going out in 2-3 years.
We need to come back in a year and see just what this $3BILLION has bought Apple. I'm over questioning it anymore.
However I will never buy a Beats headphones and have no need for any streaming subscription now as Amazon just gave it to me for free.
The facts will speak for themselves.
And what part of Beats was failing? Their domination of the headphone market or their brand new streaming service that just launched this year?
There we go! True colors revealed.
The headphones are far from innovative. All marketing.
The headphones are far from innovative. All marketing.
They sell like crazy.
Amazon is shit, outside the US.
I never bought into their music as they wanted me to install software and register a credit card, at least Beats should be able to access over the 1 million songs Amazon is restricted to.
Universal and Sony will at least jump on board, they are loathe to join Amazon after the way they treat book publishers.
I have been reading AppleInsider since I came across it in 1999 and have found the comments interesting and often amusing but have never been motivated enough by any subject to offer my own views. However when I read that Apple were going to pay $3Billion for a bunch of second rate headphones and a few thousand subscribers to a streaming music site I just had to comment. Has Tim Cook gone completely barking mad? We have a company in England, Bowers & Wilkins, who produce far better headphones than Beats. Surely they could have B & W technology with a Jony Ive case design for a fraction of the cost of Beats. As far as the few thousand subscribers to the streaming music are concerned how many $million of advertising would be required to get a similar number of subscribers?
I never bought into their music as they wanted me to install software and register a credit card, at least Beats should be able to access over the 1 million songs Amazon is restricted to.
Universal and Sony will at least jump on board, they are loathe to join Amazon after the way they treat book publishers.
Karma can be a bitch, right?
Hmmm- didn't Apple make you install software ITunes and register a credit card too? That's standard procedure nowadays.
Karma is always a bitch.
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And what part of Beats was failing? Their domination of the headphone market or their brand new streaming service that just launched this year?
There we go! True colors revealed.
There we go! True colors revealed.
It gets old doesn't it? Channeling deceased CEOs always seemed to be in bad taste, and it doesn't even matter, as it portrays a static vision of the individual. Jobs himself changed his mind on a number of things over the years, yet someone trying to second guess him today can only look at the subset of publicly known decisions made toward the last known points where he was still alive. I get really tired of it, because it's not accurate or a reasonable way to gauge anything.
We need to come back in a year and see just what this $3BILLION has bought Apple. I'm over questioning it anymore.
However I will never buy a Beats headphones and have no need for any streaming subscription now as Amazon just gave it to me for free.
The facts will speak for themselves.
The headphones are far from innovative. All marketing.
They sell like crazy.
Amazon is shit, outside the US.
I never bought into their music as they wanted me to install software and register a credit card, at least Beats should be able to access over the 1 million songs Amazon is restricted to.
Universal and Sony will at least jump on board, they are loathe to join Amazon after the way they treat book publishers.
Karma can be a bitch, right?
Hmmm- didn't Apple make you install software ITunes and register a credit card too? That's standard procedure nowadays.
Karma is always a bitch.
Hmmm- didn't Apple make you install software ITunes and register a credit card too? That's standard procedure nowadays.
Karma is always a bitch.
No, iTunes is included on a Mac.
No, you don't need a credit card to open an iTunes account.
To download any music you do. And if you don't download music then it's not really comparable to Beats Music.
Unless... do you need a credit card attached to your iTunes account to download free tracks, previews, or access iTunes Radio in the US?
Nope.
Nope. Nor to download paid tracks.
Oh, prepaid cards, right? Forgot about those. Not exactly the method that the system pushes most, or the obvious choice for a consumer though.
That's what you meant right? You could've said.
Oh, prepaid cards, right? Forgot about those. Not exactly the method that the system pushes most, or the obvious choice for a consumer though.
That's what you meant right? You could've said.
Prepaid iTunes cards bought at a discount is a smart way to go.
You don't need anything at all to download free content, to transfer content you already own via iTunes or to listen to ad supported iTunes radio.
There is a "none" option.