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AT&T asks king's ransom for Napster tunes

AT&T hopes to fool the youth of America into paying way too much for digital music. Today, the big-name telco announced that it will soon offer wireless access to Napster, the subscription-based digital music service. But it's ignoring the subscription bit. AT&T is giving certain cell phone owners the power to actually purchase …

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Anonymous Coward
Anonymous Coward

My humble professional opinion

What part of GO FUCK YOURSELF doesn't AT&T understand?

James
Stop

"They're very price insensitive" ??????

That doesn't make it right OR legal!

and probably because young music fans aren't spending their own money!

AT&T has been on my shit list for the past 10 years. I will never do business with them. Despite them being the ILEC in Miami now.

Dan Beshear
Dead Vulture

Teens price-insensitive?

The only way they're price-insensitive is that they don't care if it is SUPPOSED to cost something, they just want it for FREE.

AT&T is your Grandmother's phone company, and it shows with the 1960s era thinking concerning the purchasing habits of the American youth.

Matthew

Which is it.

Aren't youth and younger individuals also responsible for most piracy out there too? Isn't that a reflection of the whole "it should be free" philosophy of this generation that certain organizations love to accuse?

The reason they're price insensitive is A) because they aren't paying for their cell bill, parents are, or B) they get submarined by hidden or poorly disclosed fees and charges.

Either way, it's less than honest business practices at work, and it's why I hate my cell phone provider.

Al Jones

New Ground?

"But the company has broken new ground in selling individual tunes for nearly two dollars a pop. That's the same price you'll find on Verizon's V Cast service,"

So, is it new ground, or is it ground that Verizon has already broken?

Eric Dennis
Gates Horns

Capitolism gone mad

Maybe it's because I'm in my 20's or maybe it's because I'm one of the few people I know who does not have an iPod, but I would not pay $1.99 for a song. AT&T as noted aren't going to sell this service on the iPhone. What happens when Apple opens up the iTunes Mobile music store for the iPhone? I suppose the rest of us who don't own an iPhone are the ones they feel the need to rip off now.....

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