Restrictrive Pricing : Apple

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Hi,

Just watching News24 and it seems that Apple are scrapping "Restrictrive Pricing" for Itunes, I guess this is to get them off the hook with the EU!

Anybody got any more details?

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Probably offering the older songs for less, and the newer ones for more
 
I think its good that each country has their own store. Europeans are more culturally varied so I think a blanket "EU" store would be a step backwards. Of course, having the option to easily change between European countries is a good thing.

Price-wise will they lower ours or just start charging in Euros? I hope they dont start charging more for newer songs. One of the better principles of the iTunes store was 1 song = 1 price. Thats already been clouded by the DRM free tracks.
 
Just caught a story on Radio 1.

They're lowering the cost from 79p per track, to 74p :(
 
Also, without spawning a new thread..

Just saw a BBC news story on the TV.. Showing a 24" iMac running Windows :rolleyes:

Some toff who didn't know how to use OS X, talking about internet for kids.
 
How about ending restrictive prices on hardware? I'd love to be able to get a proper non-educational discount on an iMac through a third party seller.
 
EVH said:
Also, without spawning a new thread..

Just saw a BBC news story on the TV.. Showing a 24" iMac running Windows :rolleyes:

Some toff who didn't know how to use OS X, talking about internet for kids.
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People running Windows on standard PC hardware obviously have no idea about how to use OS X. Or maybe they were booted into it at that particular moment?
 
If they offered the DRM-free tracks at the same price as they were before then it'd really P the people who bought the DRM'd tracks for that money..

I can't see why they'd charge to untie the DRM, considering it's easy to take it off with the most basic of audio apps, including Garageband.


@ Caged..

It was a bit foolish to talk about how popular computers had become by showing a machine, that, by comparison has little marketshare? :confused:

They were pushing how they'd like a 'net connection in every home "to benefit the child's education", and going on about "more affordable computing" yet they showed an iMac, which, by all accounts isn't a cheap desktop and they couldn't even be bothered to show the native OS.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7176741.stm
 
Ah I thought you were raging about someone daring to install Windows on an iMac and then being interviewed about something unrelated in front of it. I tend to ignore most of what the BBC reports when it comes to technology, especially after their high quality journalism involved in reporting the whole "up to 8-meg" thing, when they forgot to mention up-to, and the reasons why the speed differs.

Edit: Hah that's hilarious, as if a teachers going to sit there clicking buttons when someone's dicking about than just telling them to stfu.

Also betting that the Beeb had a Mac there because they were using it for Beeb-related things, but the waste of space website only runs in IE.
 
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