Mmmm, FUD
I am getting really tired of reading press releases from iPod competitor wanna-bes saying that their product is better because the iPod can “only” play music from the iTMS, whereas their product can play music from “all the other major online music stores.” First off, they should be sued for saying it, because it's completely untrue. There is another new-fangled source of music that they may have heard of called “CDs”, which iPods have no problem with, so this vendor lock-in they try to make people afraid of is completely made up. But lets look at just online music stores now, and take a moment to count all the major online music stores other than the iTMS:
*chirp* *chirp* *chirp*
And we're done! Hey, here's a tip for all the iPod wanna-bes out there: users don't care about your FUD. I doubt anyone has ever returned an iPod because they couldn't get music onto it easily enough. Instead, if you want some market share, try, you know, making a better product. Think different.
I've got to run. I need to get a better VCR, because this lame model I have only plays VHS, and none of the other major video-cassette formats.
Category: Geek