Comments on: Jobs on iPod and podcasts

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:30:18 +0000

Apple didn’t even create the moniker of ‘podcasting’ – i’ts a term that grew from the ground up.

From a product that built a deal of its success to the software it uses.

Software that streamlined users’ ability to RIP their music to a single source and burn mixed copies of it. “Rip. Mix. Burn.”

I wonder how many mp3’s jon’s downloaded that were encoded through iTunes, by users who previously didn’t even know what the term “rip” meant.

Bit the hand, Jon. Bite it – it doesn’t feel it or care.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 07:26:01 +0000

It’s interesting that even in the light of forceful, but measured opinions and responses that counter squarely and clearly the writer’s opinions on the evil’s of iTunes management of Podcasting that the best Jon can do is use mockery?

Isn’t that the behavioural trait of a schoolyard name-calling fight of pre-teens?

There was no Apple fanatacism in any of the previous posts, if anything there were individuals who were able to stand up see some very real pros for the medium – in spite of the unfortunate commercialisation.

I see alot of Ads on this site too. It’s the way the world makes money to make things happen. Don’t you think your responses and objections are a bit overblown?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 20:36:40 +0000

“Do you like Apple product? Do you live for every product announcement, every incremental upgrade, every rumor and fake screenshot? Do you wank and blare and drone and fucking gurgle about Apple products morning, noon and night? Then get ready for iProduct. You’ll be blown away. No matter what it is.”
http://p2pnet.net/story/5345

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:32:46 +0000

The whole article can be summed as follows:

To some people who call them experts, Microsoft and Bill Gates can’t do anything wrong (even if they steal from others) and Mac and Steve Jobs can do nothing right, even if they invent or make technology simple to use by the masses.

Why worry?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:31:05 +0000

huh? what are talking about? so the masses mainly go for the real world broadcasts, who cares? If 1,000,000 people start listening because of this new iTunes, and only 0.1% listen to the unique content, that is still 1,000 new people listening to new content.

Are you saying that’s bad? You would rather not have those 1,000 new people? Or are you just saying that because 999,000 people are listening to regular broadcasts, that its no longer cool to podcast? I just don’t see the downside.

The unique broadcasters arent getting revenue from this anyway. They won’t go away because of someone else listening to ESPN. If they podcast for free in 2004, they may be able to do it for free in 2005 and 2006. But maybe they’ll get more listeners because of it.

Think man.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:24:48 +0000

The fact that it is called “podcasting” means that Apple had *something* to do with it from the beginning. That’s where the “pod” in “podcasting” comes from, ya know. Gotta give them credit for creating a device that would spawn a medium named after it.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:14:47 +0000

If more people will be exposed to podcasts because of Apple’s new iTunes, is that a bad thing? Why are you making Jobs out to be the bad guy, when in the end even the smallest of players will now have MORE of a chance to be heard. This is huge here. Apple can single handedly take what Jobs called the Wayne’s World of podcasts and make it huge. Some small time dude playing in his basement could potentially be as big as Howard Stern. And its really because a big player like Apple is making it as easy as tuning a radion to listen.

This is a huge deal. It is good for everyone involved. He never said he invented podcasts. He admitted they have been around forever. He admitted that he is just making them more mainstream (which, by the way, he is. How can you say they were already mainstream? You are out of touch with reality if you think that a 40 year old soccer mom was listening to podcasts. She will now though thanks to Apple).

And as for making money, this about this. Instead of paying for Sirius or XM radio, you can subscribe and pay a few bucks for your favorite content, have it scheduled to sync at 2AM with the days news, weather, sports, and the latest Howard Stern episode, and then listen in your car or on the subway on the way to work. Come home at night, plug in your iPod, and it automatically syncs again overnight with new stuff.

Apple makes it easy. Why is that bad?

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:07:02 +0000

I couldn’t with [you] agree more. Oh well, the masses will just end up listening to the same broadcasters from the “real” world on the audio players instead of the “nonprofessionals” that actually make this a unique and exciting experience.

You could say the same thing happened to blogging.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:06:10 +0000

You are a complete moron. Apple didnt invent podcasts, but they are making it more accessible to the average Joe. You complain throughout the whole article like podcasts should only be around for people who are willing to take the time to go to ten million sites and sift around looking for podcasts.

I bet you were mad when Apple came out with their first Mac. Why should regular people get a computer? They should have to use a unix machine like us nerds.

Get over yourself moron.