oliphant5
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Re: 80% share who cares
Because you can have even a tiny percentage of PC users affecting a market previously dominated by a platform with virtually no market share. That doesn't mean that PC users are flocking to iTunes.
Just because there is a surge doesn't mean anything other than confirming that Apple platforms constitute a tiny portion of the desktop market.
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| said by oliphant5  :
Just because there is a surge doesn't mean anything other than confirming that Apple platforms constitute a tiny portion of the desktop market.
That is true in one regard, but one has to wonder. With name the name recognition of Napster, how is that ITMS is out performing them almost 5 to 1?
You can argue that Napster is PC only, but then that argument would be negated by the fact that there are more PC users.
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oliphant5
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| said by bmn :
said by oliphant5 :
Just because there is a surge doesn't mean anything other than confirming that Apple platforms constitute a tiny portion of the desktop market.
That is true in one regard, but one has to wonder. With name the name recognition of Napster, how is that ITMS is out performing them almost 5 to 1?
You can argue that Napster is PC only, but then that argument would be negated by the fact that there are more PC users.
Because the name recognition that Napster has is that it was squashed by the RIAA. I would imagine that most don't know that it had even returned.
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| said by oliphant5 :
Because the name recognition that Napster has is that it was squashed by the RIAA. I would imagine that most don't know that it had even returned.
Possibly, but with the media blitz (at least here) that its back and legal, I'm not so sure you could say that anymore. I remember seeing it on the national news, all the local channels and even on CNN once or twice.
BTW, interesting new avatar...
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| I actually saw a commercial for Napster but only one time. They need to target networks like MTV and bombard them with commercials to get the word out.
It also could come down to how well iTunes works. I installed it (haven't bought anything, I was just curious) and it looked great...nice layout, easy to use...etc. I haven't seen Napster but it could be simply that iTunes has a head start and is simply a better service.
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