Comments on: Napster has a very bad day

By: Brian B

Brian B — Thu, 12 May 2005 20:14:40 +0000

i think this is ridiculous. because you might sign up for “subscription” mp3s, but you can’t burn the CDs of your mp3s and if you stop paying, you lose all “your” music. this is more on-demand time-shifted radio than anything else. What kind of idiots think they can make money when they need $30+ in revenue per month per user, yet only charge half that? whats going on here people? What happened to the days of non-bloated startups (even though this isn’t a real startup, its basically Roxio v2).

By: Permanent4

Permanent4 — Thu, 12 May 2005 18:09:14 +0000

If Napster is losing $4 per subscriber, why would Steve Jobs ever want to introduce an iTunes subscription service?

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:03:06 +0000

Its not just podcasts. i think the biggest problem with Napster and all its competitors is that they are so generic and have nothing that stands out for them. podcasts … well they should do that anyway

By: Alex Rowland

Alex Rowland — Thu, 12 May 2005 01:26:53 +0000

If Napster wanted to really grow the service, they should work hard to integrate podcasts, both on the subscription and publishing side. Yahoo’s going to do it sooner or later and bury Napster if they don’t. Media RSS anyone?