Comments on: Why Amazon Is the New Digital Media Alpha Dog

By: hugh

hugh — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 21:12:44 +0000

Er.. thats not true. In 2010 Apples growth was 1%
Amazon grew 4% to 12% of the overall US market. So hardly tale between the legs, they are doing very well.
Not too sure why you needed to write your post with its anti Amazon sentiment. Amazon has helped drive digital delivery of books, and DRM free Music. Something we should all be grateful for.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:52:39 +0000

The ultimate alpha dog move by Amazon would be to redefine the tablet space with a “kPad” like device linking together all their previous initiatives http://www.profitperspectives.com/2011/03/meet-amazon-kpad.html

By: Ex-amazonian

Ex-amazonian — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:21:26 +0000

Amazon is dishonest organization and cannot be trusted. They turned of DRM on books, and didn’t support older books after changing DRM. They cheat and screw over their employees. They crated “Amazon web services” and marketed it with the lie that they “run amazon.com on it”. People believed them, but it was an absolute lie. They have been lying about the success of the kindle since the beginning, but nobody is in a position to audit them, though this should bring them before the SEC. They discriminate against employees, cheat them out of pay they are deserved, and lie to them as well.

All of this is true and all of which can be proven in court, so I’d love for them to sue me.

By: Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:39:17 +0000

You just proved my point. No matter the labels intention (which is, in my mind, somewhat debatable), Amazon did it first.

Alpha dog: just do it, move fast and bite first, ask forgiveness later.

By: Michael Wolf

Michael Wolf — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:36:53 +0000

@Biz – Amazon was the first big online retailer to sell DRM-free digital music. That was my point and it still stands.

The Amazon app store is in fact an alternative to iTunes in that its another channel for developers. I clearly understand its an App market for Android apps, but it gives Amazon more direct control to offer apps and compete against Apple. As a consumer, I can now possibly get apps available to me down the road that may have gone exclusive to Apple if, say, the developer now sees Android (with Amazon) as a more viable market to dedicate their resources to.

By: Droidfan

Droidfan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 06:12:27 +0000

I buy all my music through Amazon. Easy, cheap and flexible.

By: Bix

Bix — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 02:25:14 +0000

Some corrections:

Amazon didn’t “[drop] DRM on its MP3s.” The MP3 spec doesn’t have any way to apply DRM and they never sold any kind of copy protected files. Also, when they launched, they didn’t have major label support, though they did get all of the major labels on board with DRM-free downloads before Apple did.

The Amazon App Store is an alternative to the Android Market, not the iTunes App Store.

By: Rob Hood

Rob Hood — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:51:55 +0000

I love Amazon’s digital media. It’s easy to upload your music to it and I was able to access the music away from home!

By: Paul Ciano

Paul Ciano — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:13:39 +0000

Are there any other companies, aside from Apple and Google, that deserve the admiration and respect for technology trendsetting than Amazon?

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 05:53:35 +0000

You do understand that Apple wanted to do drm-free music but the labels didn’t let them until they agreed to higher prices? At the time it was thought that the labels wanted to hurt Apples market share which is why Amazon got the drm-free music.