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Apple really is amazing. We keep thinking they are going to go after the usual suspects like Google, Microsoft, and RIM. Now they are aiming their guns at Faceb

by keltex 16y ago

Apple really is amazing. We keep thinking they are going to go after the usual suspects like Google, Microsoft, and RIM. Now they are aiming their guns at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg must not be happy.

patrickk 16y ago
I would say Last.fm is closer to the centre of Apple's crosshairs
- mmelin 16y ago
  Also, Spotify.
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  - psadauskas 16y ago
    And costs a LOT more money. $1/song instead of $3/mo.
  - sirn 16y ago
    No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. That aside, I'm looking forward to see how this work out. Given that a lot of people could mistake RWW for Facebook login[1], maybe being stuck inside iTunes could be an advantage. In a sense of "Open iTunes, click this, here's your profile!" [1]: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo...
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- nphase 16y ago
  Also, Rdio
  - mitjak 16y ago
    Huge gaps in the catalogue.
- tptacek 16y ago
  Why does Apple care about Last.fm? Does Last.fm make hundreds of millions of dollars a year? Because that seems like the minimum action to move the dials for them now.
- citrik 16y ago
  Apple bought LaLa a while ago, that was a pretty strong sign of something like Ping happening.
wmeredith 16y ago
Indeed. I could see this getting used for a lot more than just music. Especially since it's so tightly integrated with something I already use a lot. And there's no privacy issue.
- noahth 16y ago
  i think you mean there's no privacy issue yet. facebook didn't have nearly the level of privacy hand-wringing that it does now when it was only open to students at select college campuses. but along came employers, and parents, and all sorts of other groups, and suddenly this "safe place" was full of people whose intentions did not match your initial expectations. same will easily happen to any network that reaches a certain size, ubiquity, etc.

by keltex 16y ago

Apple really is amazing. We keep thinking they are going to go after the usual suspects like Google, Microsoft, and RIM. Now they are aiming their guns at Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg must not be happy.

patrickk 16y ago

I would say Last.fm is closer to the centre of Apple's crosshairs

mmelin 16y ago
Also, Spotify.
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- psadauskas 16y ago
  And costs a LOT more money. $1/song instead of $3/mo.
- sirn 16y ago
  No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame. That aside, I'm looking forward to see how this work out. Given that a lot of people could mistake RWW for Facebook login[1], maybe being stuck inside iTunes could be an advantage. In a sense of "Open iTunes, click this, here's your profile!" [1]: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_your_one_true_login.php http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_wants_to_be_yo...
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nphase 16y ago
Also, Rdio
- mitjak 16y ago
  Huge gaps in the catalogue.
tptacek 16y ago
Why does Apple care about Last.fm? Does Last.fm make hundreds of millions of dollars a year? Because that seems like the minimum action to move the dials for them now.
citrik 16y ago
Apple bought LaLa a while ago, that was a pretty strong sign of something like Ping happening.

wmeredith 16y ago

Indeed. I could see this getting used for a lot more than just music. Especially since it's so tightly integrated with something I already use a lot. And there's no privacy issue.

noahth 16y ago
i think you mean there's no privacy issue yet. facebook didn't have nearly the level of privacy hand-wringing that it does now when it was only open to students at select college campuses. but along came employers, and parents, and all sorts of other groups, and suddenly this "safe place" was full of people whose intentions did not match your initial expectations. same will easily happen to any network that reaches a certain size, ubiquity, etc.