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  iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-10 10:40 -0500
    Re: iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? Lloyd Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-01-10 09:55 -0600
      Re: iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-10 11:39 -0500
    Re: iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-01-13 11:23 -0500
      Re: iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-14 09:20 +1300
        Re: iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-14 16:42 +0000
          Re: iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone? jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-01-15 13:56 +1300

#68197 — iTunes Free Song of the Week Gone?

Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I 
just not seeing it?

-- 
I’m so old I can remember when other people's achievements were 
considered to be an inspiration rather than a grievance.
				— Thomas Sowell

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#68198

On 10 Jan 2015 10:40, Aldo Raine wrote:
> Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I
> just not seeing it?
>
I hadn't noticed it being gone since most of the music they gave away
was of no interest to me.  But now that you've asked, I think it is
gone.  Haven't seen it in quite awhile.


-- 
Lloyd

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#68199

On 1/10/15, 10:55 AM, Lloyd Parsons wrote:
> On 10 Jan 2015 10:40, Aldo Raine wrote:
>> Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I
>> just not seeing it?
>>
> I hadn't noticed it being gone since most of the music they gave away
> was of no interest to me.  But now that you've asked, I think it is
> gone.  Haven't seen it in quite awhile.
>
>

It was there through a week or so ago-- featuring the usual mid- to late 
December Christmas music.

-- 
"My name is Lieutenant Aldo Raine and I'm putting together a special 
team, and I need me eight soldiers."

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#68347

On 1/10/15, 10:40 AM, Aldo Raine wrote:
> Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I
> just not seeing it?
>

Gone!

http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/13/apple-ends-itunes-weekly-single/

-- 
"My name is Lieutenant Aldo Raine and I'm putting together a special 
team, and I need me eight soldiers."

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#68379

In article <m93gq9$t13$1@news.albasani.net>, Aldo Raine
<apache@scalpem.net> wrote:
> On 1/10/15, 10:40 AM, Aldo Raine wrote:
> > 
> > Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I
> > just not seeing it?
> 
> Gone!
> 
> http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/13/apple-ends-itunes-weekly-single/

Rumouredly.

No Black Friday specials, no free song of the week, possibly no free
app of the week ... is Apple getting greedy and just another "big
business" under Cook's leadership.  :-(

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#68414

On 2015-01-13, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> In article <m93gq9$t13$1@news.albasani.net>, Aldo Raine
><apache@scalpem.net> wrote:
>> On 1/10/15, 10:40 AM, Aldo Raine wrote:
>> > 
>> > Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I
>> > just not seeing it?
>> 
>> Gone!
>> 
>> http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/13/apple-ends-itunes-weekly-single/
>
> Rumouredly.
>
> No Black Friday specials, no free song of the week, possibly no free
> app of the week ... is Apple getting greedy and just another "big
> business" under Cook's leadership.  :-(

Heh... Yes, it must be that horrid, greedy Tim Cook's doing! How dare
he?! What an asinine statement. It couldn't possibly have anything to do
with the fact that the target audience simply doesn't appreciate the
gifts Apple and artists give away for free (U2gate anyone?). Could it
possibly be that Apple just realizes that free gifts just aren't good
enough for the foolish entitlement generation that shits on anything
that is not both *free* and *exactly* what *they* want, or they jump
onto their favorite hate wagon? While none of us really know the
reasoning behind the decision, I'm definitely not surprised in the
slightest Apple pulled the plug considering the ungrateful behavior of
so many fools. 

(Personally, I never saw the attraction anyway since I'm not into
derivative pop music.)

-- 
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

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#68421

Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:

> On 2015-01-13, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> > In article <m93gq9$t13$1@news.albasani.net>, Aldo Raine
> ><apache@scalpem.net> wrote:
> >> On 1/10/15, 10:40 AM, Aldo Raine wrote:
> >> > 
> >> > Can't find the FSOW on iTunes this week. Has Apple ended it-- or am I
> >> > just not seeing it?
> >> 
> >> Gone!
> >> 
> >> http://www.macrumors.com/2015/01/13/apple-ends-itunes-weekly-single/
> >
> > Rumouredly.
> >
> > No Black Friday specials, no free song of the week, possibly no free
> > app of the week ... is Apple getting greedy and just another "big
> > business" under Cook's leadership.  :-(
> 
> Heh... Yes, it must be that horrid, greedy Tim Cook's doing! How dare
> he?! What an asinine statement. It couldn't possibly have anything to do
> with the fact that the target audience simply doesn't appreciate the
> gifts Apple and artists give away for free (U2gate anyone?). Could it
> possibly be that Apple just realizes that free gifts just aren't good
> enough for the foolish entitlement generation that shits on anything
> that is not both *free* and *exactly* what *they* want, or they jump
> onto their favorite hate wagon? While none of us really know the
> reasoning behind the decision, I'm definitely not surprised in the
> slightest Apple pulled the plug considering the ungrateful behavior of
> so many fools. 

The only Apple freebies I missed were this year's 12 Days of Christmas
not happening. I thought that was fun and a nice treat from Apple. But
hey - it's not like it ever amounted to much money. It was just fun to
see what each day's gift was - as any gift given is fun to unwrap :-)

> (Personally, I never saw the attraction anyway since I'm not into
> derivative pop music.)

Yep - in all the years I've used the iTunes store, only once did the
free song of the week make it into my favourites (that end up in the
playlists I use and to fill my devices). The rest was either utterly
forgettable fluff, or popular dreck. Most I never even bothered to
download after hearing the preview.

-- 
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.

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