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Why Apple Should Be Worried About Songbird
- tptacek 18y agoIsn't this a bit like saying Microsoft should be scared of losing WinXP to desktop Linux? Like IE, iTunes is free. Unlike IE: * iTunes is cross-platform, unlike Firefox, there's no popular desktop environment that iTunes neglects. * iTunes is mostly beloved by its users (foobar2000 users excluded). * iTunes has lock-in from the iTunes Music Store, which is the most popular online music vendor. * iTunes has lock-in from the iPod, which is the most popular music player. * iTunes has lock-in from the iPhone and the iPhone app store.
- pedalpete 18y agoThis piece is missing some major points, particularly when they point to the market-adoption of Firefox. We upgraded to firefox I believe adoption in V.1 was significant if I recall correctly. The reason being, that Firefox was significantly better than IE 5.5(6). I'm not hearing that with Songbird. iTunes is a very good product. The extensions for songbird are already available for iTunes, Winamp, etc. There just seems to be SSOOO much fluff to Songbird, and the slow release dates don't help. I'd love to be able to root for the little guy in this instance, but Songbird just doesn't seem like that little guy that deserves it. Anybody have any insight into why that is? I didn't download the latest version after hearing about buggy performance. I used to be connected to the 'player' business and had tried Songbird before and it was an awful experience. I just don't get it. Anybody here actually using Songbird and loving it? What are we missing?