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

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On 2014-09-16, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
> http://www.wired.com/2014/09/apples-devious-u2-album-giveaway-even-worse-spam/
>
>    Last week, Apple gave us all a gift called Songs of Innocence. On
>    Monday, it released instructions on how to give that gift back.

<snip>

>
>    This is all technically true, but bloviating aside, there's a very
>    simple reason why this is unprecedented, and that is because it doesn't
>    make any sense. Never before has such a major technology company also
>    operated as publicist for a creative artist. The whole endeavor yearns
>    desperately to be a landmark new innovation for the music industry,

To me its horribly reminiscent of they way all my local radio stations
got taken over or merged in the early 2000s and then used the same
playlists.  The formula "you will enjoy what we provide" doesn't work.

By the end of 2002 I wasn't hearing any new music on the radio good enough
to prompt me to buy an album, so yes I did stop buying CDs of new stuff.

Actually that me onto another subject.  In 2002 Big Content was moaning
about piracy affecting sales, when in fact a lot of folks my age were
keeping CD sales quite buoyant as they bought the CD versions of stuff
they already had on vinyl.

-- 
People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know
we don't                                           -- Bjarne Stroustrup

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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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