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Running those services themselves, such as Cloud Drive, the music store, etc. was never a good idea in the first place. By trying to do too much too soon they
by nikcub 14y ago
Running those services themselves, such as Cloud Drive, the music store, etc. was never a good idea in the first place.
By trying to do too much too soon they were only ever going to produce second rate products compared to the competition (a company with the resources of Microsoft can barely win some of these verticals, let alone Canonical).
It was always going to end with them stripping out and shutting down their own solutions and integrating with the best possible partners with each service.
- esrauch 14y agoI think Cloud drive/player was in part an aggressive move against bitlocker licensing; the labels didn't allow multiple download licenses and Amazon launched this and claimed a purchase was a single download into your personal locker and future downloads were from your personal space, effectively skirting the issue. I believe they later negotiated licenses but they were probably operating from a stronger position at that point.