itunes and appstore is monetization of the post marketing success. you convert them to switch, and then lock them there. hard drive was a step back. for the sa

itunes and appstore is monetization of the post marketing success. you convert them to switch, and then lock them there. hard drive was a step back. for the same price (and 5 months before ipod launched) you could get a creative flash memory mp3 player with 2/3 of the size. again, same price, you give away 1/3 of the storage for NO gravity or dropping of issues. far superior if you ask me... yet, bad marketing on creative. (btw, ipod evolved some 5yr later and what? 1/2 of the space and flash memory, so yeah, even apple consumers agree it was better without it.)