iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music

Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by marssaxman on Monday May 09, 2016 @04:52PM (#11663073)

I consider reliability to be a fundamental element of access. If I have music on my hardware, I can always play it. If other people are granting me access to download music from their hardware, I can play it whenever I have access to their hardware, up to the limits of whatever constraints they have chosen to apply to their service, which may include having to spend money or listen to ads.

Different people have different needs; I'd rather have a smaller collection of music I can count on than access to all the music which is encrusted with hassle and advertising.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by ThomPete on Monday May 09, 2016 @04:56PM (#11663124)

Sure each to their own.

But I believe you will belong to a diminishing group of people who do so and nothing wrong with that.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by mark_chosenberg on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @03:20AM (#11665644)

Would you rather be in control of your life, or would rather it be at the mercy of the whims of a faceless corporation?

Sure each to their own.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by ThomPete on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @06:15AM (#11666125)

Be in control of my life?

What do you mean? You are not in control of your life if you rent a car? An apartment? A set of Ski?

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by mark_chosenberg on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @10:41AM (#11667511)

I mean that you are less in control of your music collection if it's in the hands of a company rather than if you own it yourself.

The fact a majority are happy with the current state of affairs doesn't change this. Your comment about "belonging to a diminishing group" is irrelevant?

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by ThomPete on Tuesday May 10, 2016 @11:15AM (#11667785)

And you have a much smaller music collection because you have to buy it all yourself to own it. So I am not sure what freedom it it you think you have that I don't? I can just buy it if i really want it but mostly it's available.

So it simply make no sense to talk about freedom in this context.

You are confusing two very different things.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by mark_chosenberg on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @03:41AM (#11673328)

Not sure when this turned into a dick swinging context but, let me explain: you don't "have" a music collection, by definition mine is bigger.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by ThomPete on Wednesday May 11, 2016 @01:58PM (#11677617)

No by definition you own more than i do. But I have access to more than you do.

The difference is subtle but important.

I can listen to exactly the same music as you can and much much more.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by mark_chosenberg on Thursday May 12, 2016 @09:07AM (#11683072)

Until the day said access is unilaterally revoked.

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Re:iTunes Has Slowly Destroyed My Will to Collect Music by ThomPete on Thursday May 12, 2016 @02:22PM (#11685588)

Or until the day your house burned down.

Guess who is most vulnerable?

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