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Do you really think that most people care about their music being lossless? Let alone know what "lossless" even means? Most people want more music on their pho
by Zev 15y ago
Do you really think that most people care about their music being lossless? Let alone know what "lossless" even means? Most people want more music on their phones and iPod's, not less. Now, and not later in the afternoon after they've downloaded something 5-10x the size for a quality difference that they cannot notice.
Most people don't fit into your niche usage.
Apple is doing the best they can for the majority of the people, while still making the labels happy. Yes, it sucks if you happen to be in the minority[1]. But, you can't claim Apple isn't making a good business decision.
1. I speak as an iPhone and Mac developer who is used to Apple doing the best thing for the user, and not the developer.
- te_chris 15y agoI wasn't questioning apple's business decisions, I was questioning their emerging monopoly on digital content that is making the digital market even more homogenous than the physical market was. At least in the physical market anyone could open up a music store because there were independent distributors whose sole incentive was to move product, now the incentive is to extract margins on product as Apple and Amazon negotiate directly with the labels and shut out competitors from being able to properly compete because they can't get the content. Some platforms are doing ok in this (bandcamp) but most aren't as the reality of music retail is not the long tail but the centre of the bell curve. I'm also an Apple developer.