I started writing this yesterday and I wasn't quite feeling it, think this will be one of those ones where I have to put it out there before I realise what I meant...anyway....it got quite long, so I'm breaking it up over a series of shorter posts around the same idea, we'll see where it goes from there. I'd love your thoughts along the way to help shape it, so leave a comment or drop me a line. For reference, I'm thinking about about processes that are inherently flawed and the businesses attached to them.--
I've spent the last hour (plus at least one more last night) getting music off my iPod. I've had it for a bit over a year, and I've noticed it is starting to act a little funny (as opposed to acting a little funny). There are plenty of stories around about Apple building product break-down into their life-cycles, but I'm not really interested in that; I've derived plenty of value from it and will in all likelihood buy another when it finally joins the big circuit graveyard in the sky.
The thing about getting the music off it though is I don't want to have to add it all back to the next device. That isn't a good brand experience. But Apple couldn't get the music industry on board without making it at least somewhat difficult to do, so we wind up in this middle ground where an industry who doesn't know enough about the medium thinks they've got a good deal, and in the interim everyone who bought one has a hoop or two to jump through before getting what they want.
My thoughts here: If this was anyone other than Apple, they would be out of business.
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