theregister.co.uk — iTunes, has experienced a collapse in sales revenues this year according to Forrester Research. While the iTunes service saw healthy growth for much of the period, since January the monthly revenue has fallen by 65 per cent, with the average transaction size falling 17 per cent.
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quixDec 12, 2006
iTunes is a dream....on my Mac. :)
idrinkkoolaidDec 12, 2006
"Since I'm only testing for my own personal use, it wouldn't make much sense to lie to myself, now would it? But thank you for your concern for my testing methods. Shall I justify to you how I decide which restaurants I like best too? :P"You're welcome for my sincere concern regarding double-blind testing methodology and no, I did not detect any hint of sarcasm in the second-to-last sentence whatsoever.Well, in all fairness, you were using very good headphones. Which program were you using to conduct your A/B/X testing and did you have a significant (> 20) amount of trials? Only when the test subject and test administrator have no knowledge of what signal is being played, can the methodology be categorized as 'double-blind.' Otherwise, it could all be in one's head. But if you're a happy camper anyway, then I'll mind my own beeswax.Droppin' da knowlege boyakasha!
bufordtDec 12, 2006
Because we all expect every business in the world to explode onto the scene with crazy sales numbers, increasing all the time, with no slow down whatsoever. And if they do, oh my God watch out, the business is headed for the s**tter!!!Stupid asses.
bufordtDec 12, 2006
The DRM is what is agreed upon by our friends in the recording industry. If Apple doesn't have it, no deal whatsoever. Apple has had to make a compromise to do business with them.
Closed AccountDec 12, 2006
@sovietmediaYou're using a pretty s**tty MP3 encoder then. If you're using VBR, 160k is very comparable, even slilghtly better then AAC at 128k. Without VBR, 192k is certainly far better then AAC at 128k.Either get a better MP3 encoder (lame.sourceforge.net) or get better equipment, because if you think 256k MP3 is comparable to 128k AAC, something is wrong.
ducksofanaheimDec 12, 2006
Apple (AAPL - commentary - Cramer's Take - Rating) shares hit a monthly low Tuesday after a report on slowing song sales in the iTunes Music Store apparently tempered investor enthusiasm :)Time for Apple damage control. No wonder the iphone is being delayed. iTV ? Most consumers will say...idontwantit LOL
pixelboxDec 13, 2006
For me, it's like this:I've already re-purchased my collection. New music sucks.
psych77Dec 13, 2006
No KingB, Soviet is right. What you're saying is "if the likelihood of being caught is low, or the penalty if caught is low, then it's alright". That's not a rebuttal to whether stealing music equates to stealing anything else.His argument stands correctly.
Closed AccountDec 13, 2006
@dsendecki"EMUSIC -- DRM free quality rips for 0.25. Great labels, all legal. Twenty bucks for 90 downloads a month. Did I mention no DRM?""Bittorent -- DRM free quality rips for 0. Great labels, all illegal. Zero bucks for infinite downloads a month. Did I mention no DRM?"