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It is more powerful than the follows in Facebook & Twitter for artists as it leads to direct buy $$ from their fans. They will definitely pay attention to Ping.
by gaiusparx 16y ago
It is more powerful than the follows in Facebook & Twitter for artists as it leads to direct buy $$ from their fans. They will definitely pay attention to Ping. I bet it will open up to movie stars, actors and authors in future.
If I'm not wrong, Ping could be just HTML pages within iTunes, as with some iTunes contents. So it is not difficult to be a standalone web app if Apple choose to.
- DrJokepu 16y agoAs I explained here previously, artists don't really get paid on album sales (or mp3 sales) due to various reasons. Besides TV/Radio broadcasts, what they really care about is concerts (live performances) and concert attendance and Facebook and Twitter are both excellent tools to raise some noise before gigs. It looks like Apple understands that.