Comments on: Itunes Becomes Number Two Music Retailer

By: attagirl

attagirl — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 05:55:41 +0000

When you have the market you are on top of it all. Then once you start having serious competition you then lose momentum. I think they were a little arrogant in what they thought they had. But was not prepared for anything to end it. I agree that protecting the format is something I really never got into. Once I buy the music I should be able to play it in whatever player I want and should not be subjected to losing my money if I want to play it in a place other than itunes.

By: vttop

vttop — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:20:09 +0000

Yes, itunes has become quite popular among the youth and has expectedly captured the second position in the music retailing industry.I am not keen on using the affiliate modules when creating a squidoo lens as it takes away from the original topic , but itunes is one module I don’t miss out on whenever creating a lens that I envision will gain big traffic.

By: Jherek

Jherek — Sun, 18 May 2008 18:39:22 +0000

Protected formats is precisely the reason I don’t buy music online. I still prefer having the CD in my hands. I understand why they do it, but on the other hand, it’s not fair to treat every customer like a criminal; if I buy something from you, I should be able to play it wherever I want… but, no, I’m restricted to playing it wherever I happened to purchase it.

By: liowkc

liowkc — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:51:02 +0000

I believe this is inevitable as kids and teenagers are more and more atuned to digital lifestyle. However I still think that brick and mortar retailers have a future, albeit more like a niche player rather than mainstream or mass market.

By: bluet

bluet — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:46:24 +0000

I think iTunes will be number one very soon. They only reason they are in the number two position today is because WalMart got into this business before them. While it is only a matter of time before iTunes make it to the first rank, I still prefer to pay a one lifetime membership for unlimited downloads because it is both cheaper and easier. Besides I never buy from Walmart.

By: Chris2k5

Chris2k5 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:34:31 +0000

I personally believe iTunes will take the number one spot eventually. Sure Walmart might be the biggest retail chain in the world, but Apple has dominated the digital player market with the iPod and the iPhones. To compliment those, people will obviously buy from iTunes.

To tell you the truth, I never knew Best Buy, Target, and Walmart sold music. I only heard of Napster and iTunes. Go figure.

By: alpha

alpha — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:06:20 +0000

I don’t use iTunes myself but my children have a lot of friends and they all seem to be doing it. Many of the ones who were downloading for free even seem to be switching over, since Apple is making it easier to do. This whole thing reflects that Apple has a better concept of marketing than the old-style music marketers had.

By: cirereyes

cirereyes — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:44:18 +0000

I thought iTunes was already no. 1, well I think Apple is really doing a good job on iTunes. MP3 formats should not be encrypted; you already paid for it so you can do whatever you want on it except selling it or sharing it.

By: Daxter Fellowes

Daxter Fellowes — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:35:21 +0000

I really personally do not like iTunes for the fact that I can’t download the songs to my phone unless I had an iPhone, but I have a Pantech Duo. I use Napster, $15 and unlimited downloads. Again, there are differences and down sides.

By: mambios

mambios — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:04:06 +0000

At the moment iTunes has the market share as it got in there at the right time with the right companies. As someone above as said in time more rivals will appear, offering more choice at better quality without the DRM issues, then, and only then, will we see the market share if iTunes drop,

As for the bricks and mortar retailers, well, I’m sorry but they just didn’t react quickly enough.