About the Beatles on iTunes
We all laughed pretty hard at that big disappointing teaser of Apple’s. Just a few things I wanted to say:
1. The best thing I read so far about it is this tweet by Marco Arment:
Also: Major Apple promotion may have been one of the negotiation terms required to GET the Beatles on iTunes.
2. This would be a big deal if the Beatles were about to release a new album. Unfortunately, it’s not going to happen while Lennon and Harrison are dead. Since the ’60s, everybody has already bought the LPs, the CDs or the remastered collection, ripped them into iTunes or illegally downloaded them. I wonder what’s in for Apple except pride and a tiny margin.
3. You can buy most of the remastered CDs on Amazon for half the price their sold on iTunes and even rip them in lossless quality. I know some people would prefer to pay more to avoid the actual material object and the ripping part, but they are a minority.
4. Let It Be… Naked and 1 aren’t available on iTunes. I wonder why, since they both have been released by Apple Ltd. just like the other albums and the Past Masters compilations.
5. I’m really glad to finally be able to create Genius playlist out of Beatles songs:
