Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Apple is buying Beats after alll Date: 29 May 2014 00:24:15 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <53864cb6$0$1282$c3e8da3$50776f34@news.astraweb.com> <290520140935413478%YourName@YourISP.com> <53866c75$0$33561$c3e8da3$9deca2c3@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net voEDSsFpmJyGpprJR290MwBAPhVMgPrU8ENBeTXdatDlwo24vh Cancel-Lock: sha1:DVUxy8CKvhb6axXGr2Jgo84Oq7Q= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:59820 On 2014-05-28, JF Mezei wrote: > On 14-05-28 17:35, Your Name wrote: > >> Yep, there's a couple of articles on MacRumors.com about it. I haven't >> had time to read them fuly yet, but a VERY quick skim seems to say it's >> at least partly for the subscription service. > > What I don't understand is that Apple has its own Itunes Radio. If it's > failed it is perhaps because Apple didn't bother deploying it outside > the USA. You're claiming iTunes Radio is a failure? > Spending 3 billion bucks for a fad that is more similar to Monster > Cables than to Apple is not very wise in my opinion. If a fad is all that it was, you might be right. Problem is you have no idea what you are talking about, because you only know what you've read on the intarwebs - not that you're letting that stop you from blowing hot air out your mouth. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR