Napster To Go

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  • puter0

    It's funny how MSFT and Napster keep saying "What people really want is a subscription service" but what they mean is "What WE really want is recurring revenues.."

    Let's really do the math.

    2 years. $15 bucks a month $360
    2 years 15 songs a month that you buy at $.99 ea $356

    In year 3 you stop buying music,

    Napster you have zero songs

    iTunes you have 360 songs, that will play on your PC or Mac or, iPod.

    Total long term value of Napster $0

    Total long term value of iTunes $360

    Note this assumes both sides always carry backwards compatiblity.

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