Oct 052011
Steve Jobs, the iPod, and the entire digital music revolution annoyed me for years. I was so much older then…
Eventually I broke down and experienced many of the promised joys of his revolutionary musical device and marketing plan. Thanks, Steve.
When I want to sit down and experience music the way it’s “supposed to be,” I have the means. The other 95% of the time, when I just need to hear a song NOW, I got 10000 choices on my iPod and consider it one of the Top5 purchases I’ve ever made. Well done, Sir.
aloha ‘oe
LD
No one cares about Steve Jobs. iTards indeed!
Steve Jobs DIED?
for your sins.
Let’s not forget that Jobs and Apple were the target of a long-standing feud by the Beatles and Apple Records for “misappropriation” of the Apple name. This is why it took forever for the Beatles to be available on iTunes.
To add to that, one of the terms of settlement between the two Apples was that Apple computer was not allowed to use their name and logo on “musical content.” So when they came up with a short xylophone “beep,” the legal team was afraid it was too musical, so as a bit of a jab, they called the sound “sosumi.”
as i pack up to leave my job for the weekend and reach for the iphone, ipad and ipod I guess Mr. J had some effect on my computer media life. 😉
The most amazing thing is how quickly things changed. Most 18 year olds went off to college this year with an iphone, mac, ipad, ipod and NO CDS or DVDs (let alone lps, cassettes)
In 7 years physical media became a collecor’s item. Yes it was just 7 years ago that I decided not to pay the extra $50 to get the U2 eddition ipod and just got the normal one and downloaded “How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb” on itunes.