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Originally Posted by Vincent M Ferrari
Okay whoa, back up.
You don't get to hold 80% of any market by being some "craze" which implies some flash-in-the-pan unexplainable success that's motivated by only peer pressure.
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Not saying the iPod is a bad product. Its a great MP3 player. It is missing things that prevented me from buying one. If Apple offered subscription music then we wouldn't be having this conversation because I'd have purchased a Nano when it came out.
FM is another feature that is a must have for me. If you do any working out in a gym (such as my mom), that's often important so you can listen to the stations they have going in there.
At this point though? Yes, it is a craze. A huge portion of the market is driven by kids who want the iPod because everyone else has them. I read editorials on it all the time. The kids simply have to have an iPod or they're not cool. Ironically I think its that same segment of the market that would benefit the most from subscription music. Its that same group who I think does the most P2P music pirating and cares little for HOW they get their music. If my parents are paying for something, I'm not inclined to care about subscription music.
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That being said, I think Steve doesn't realize one thing, and that's that his argument is a chicken and egg one. Maybe the reason subscription services like Rhapsody, Napster, and Yahoo! Music haven't taken off is because 80% of the population who owns a portable music player doesn't own one that's compatible.
In other words, if Steve threw down a subscription service tomorrow, you could bet your bottom dollar that they'd be instantly more appealing and a much bigger source of revenue.
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That was my argument
Jobs Says No One Wants a Subscription
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