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AT&T asks king's ransom for Napster tunes

bws

My humble professional opinion 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 01:19 GMT

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

James

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

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 04:11 GMT

Stop

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

Teens price-insensitive? 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 04:50 GMT

Dead Vulture

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. 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 05:56 GMT

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? 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 16:53 GMT

"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

Capitolism gone mad 

Posted Tuesday 23rd October 2007 16:53 GMT

Gates Horns

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.....