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Yes, it's about Kid Rock again. This time he gives Steve Jobs a "in your face, Steve!"
Having been unwilling to sell his music in singles, Kid Rock finally signs with Rhapsody, the online digital music store, to retail his music as whole albums only. The fact that Kid Rock insists on selling his music as albums only has been the reason why his songs are unavailable on iTune, because Steve Jobs has his own insistence too. He thinks that all songs should be available in singles for sale, which is good for consumers. Some artists, such as Kid Rock, AC/DC, Beatles, don't like to see their works being disintegrated into singles for sale. The unavailability of Kid Rock songs on iTune includes his recent hit "all summer long," which has unusually been covered by 2 other artist/band and sold on iTune, both making Billboard Hot 100 appearance.
So, which one do you agree with, Rock or Jobs? The conflict has been long lasting and is likely to remain irresolvable as the 2 different perspectives, one from musicians/artists and the other from business men, continue to clash. Putting this aside, however, I personally think Rhapsody is a better service than iTune because:
1. iTune sells songs at $0.99. Who gets to set the price? All songs are equally priced? Why? And give us unlimited plan like Rhapsody does, damn iTune!
2. iTune sell songs with stupid DRM. Give us DRM-free music, damn iTune.
3. iTune requires software installation to use the service, whereas Rhapsody needs browser only.
4. Rhapsody let you preview the entire song before you buy it.
Steve Jobs is not the one who gets to rule the business model of music industry. Consumers and music fans like me are the people who get to decide how much to pay for music, whether we want to share music with friends, and which songs are popular because they are really good songs (not just because they are featured and available only on iTune).
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