tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11697838.post6380834539608844690..comments2024-03-08T04:48:15.897-05:00Comments on globallistic: iTunes Unlimited Coming Next Month?jherskowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15797190582674008000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11697838.post-5851524249873572142008-08-20T23:40:00.000-05:002008-08-20T23:40:00.000-05:00Well, my #1 complaint about iTunes is that they do...Well, my #1 complaint about iTunes is that they don't treat it like a locker, once they know you've got the file that's it - 1 download.<BR/><BR/>So if you lose a drive with 2000 songs on it, you've just lost $2000 in music (unless you've got it backed up).<BR/><BR/>Enter MobileMe ... just like you say, an older idea that they're (re-)inventing. Great stuff, well-integrated with the whole apple iLifestyle.<BR/><BR/>Thing is, now iTunes is making less sense ... I'm really limited to a single iTunes instance that I run my AppleTV, iPhone and iPod off of - if I have 3 Macs I have to sync with exactly one of them. For instance, I can't pick up new podcasts from my work machine.<BR/><BR/>I think there's a great case to be made for having local files (see AppleTV - it's essentially caching to a local drive), but unlike some of these articles I really see streaming music as a logical next step in the direction they're pushing (MobileMe, etc).<BR/><BR/>I can't wait until they give me a 1TB 'locker' for all of my Apple apps to sync / stream from. No more backups, no more fileservers, no more remembering which files are where.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11697838.post-64613968060343513522008-08-20T21:40:00.000-05:002008-08-20T21:40:00.000-05:00That's their standard operating procedure... belit...That's their standard operating procedure... belittle the idea, wait a year or two, then launch it with the claim that they "invented" it. See AppleTV, portable video players, movie downloads, music downloads, media players, etc....jherskowitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15797190582674008000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11697838.post-67625576743852616042008-08-20T21:31:00.000-05:002008-08-20T21:31:00.000-05:00Strange that Apple would try a model that others h...Strange that Apple would try a model that others have not been successful with. I loved Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and was sad to see it go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com