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January 20, 2007
the zune-raping continues
As if the 'buck-a-unit' grift deal Microsoft worked with Universal wasn't enough to keep you - as a music consumer - as far away from their new Zune media player as possible, it was now leaked out that the 'share a song' feature they touted so heavily as the Zune's differentiator from the market-king iPod line is crippled. Criminally, in fact. Colloquial estimates are that roughly 40% of the songs you purchase from the Zune store may be blocked - at Sony/Universal's whim - from sharing with other Zune users. Got your vaseline handy?
Seriously- I have no f@#king clue why any right-minded consumer would bend over and purchase a Zune. Sure, MP3s you rip aren't subject to the sharing restrictions, but this is yet another example of now Microsoft was willing to take it in the hindquarters by Universal for nothing more than the chance to potentially take Apple down. Buy a Sansa, buy a Zen, even buy an iPod if you must- but do the music industry a favor and DON'T buy a Zune and help propagate this stacked and unfair system that's being built up.
Posted by Scott at January 20, 2007 1:09 PM