http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2008/11/20/zune-subscribers-get-feels-like-free-love/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:38:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2008/11/20/zune-subscribers-get-feels-like-free-love/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Chris Maxcer Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:30:48 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/mike_mcguire/2008/11/20/zune-subscribers-get-feels-like-free-love/#comment-31 I must admit, this new Zune subscription made me pause for a couple of seconds -- and I'm a big fan of the iPod and iPhone. Granted, I don't yet spend more than $15 bucks a month on new songs -- about $8 or so. But having the ability to listen to a full library of tunes . . . I'm sure I'd discover a half-dozen more songs each month that I'd like to own outright. And that unpressurized ability to discover songs _easily_ makes the Zune model interesting to me. How many people have listened to a 30-second song clip on iTunes and bought the song only to realize the first half of the song is not only irritating, but stupid? It's only $.99, but I hate to throw it away. I must admit, this new Zune subscription made me pause for a couple of seconds — and I’m a big fan of the iPod and iPhone. Granted, I don’t yet spend more than $15 bucks a month on new songs — about $8 or so. But having the ability to listen to a full library of tunes . . . I’m sure I’d discover a half-dozen more songs each month that I’d like to own outright. And that unpressurized ability to discover songs _easily_ makes the Zune model interesting to me. How many people have listened to a 30-second song clip on iTunes and bought the song only to realize the first half of the song is not only irritating, but stupid? It’s only $.99, but I hate to throw it away.

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