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Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam

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On 2014-09-18, RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On 16 Sep 2014 21:26:14 GMT
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2014-09-16, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>> >    The whole endeavor yearns
>> >    desperately to be a landmark new innovation for the music industry,
>> >    perhaps something along the lines of Radiohead's legitimately
>> >    earth-moving In Rainbows, which was self-released with variable pricing
>> >    in 2007 and remains the gold standard against which music industry
>> >    innovation is measured.
>> 
>> Bunch of whiney shoe-gazers.
>
>
> First world problems maybe, but I think it's been an uncomfortable
> reminder for many that their device is not truly "theirs" to own.  

Spot on.


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Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-16 12:06 +0000
  Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-09-16 09:56 -0400
  Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-09-16 17:05 +0000
  Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-16 21:26 +0000
    Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-17 12:41 +0200
      Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-17 13:23 +0000
        Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-09-19 07:40 +0000
          Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-19 16:37 +0000
    Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-09-18 11:17 +0000
      Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-18 21:55 +0000
  Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-09-17 12:54 +0200
    Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-09-17 12:22 +0000
      Re: Apple's Devious U2 Album Giveaway Is Even Worse Than Spam Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-09-17 13:24 +0000

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