Zune Pricing Makes Me Laugh
November 13, 2006 |
So tomorrow Microsoft’s iPod killer, the Zune, comes out. While this MP3/video player might slow iPod sales slightly, and only until a new iPod comes out, Microsoft’s attempt at capturing any market share from the iTunes Store will fail miserably (which means so will the Zune). But please, please don’t take my word for it. Check out this hilarious look at just how crazy the Zune music pricing scheme works.
As we all know, purchasing songs, videos or games from the iTMS only requires a customer to create an account and have a valid credit card. Thus, like most other business transactions, you purchase a good and the price of that good is billed to your credit card. It works the same way at the grocery store, at the gas station or in a restaurant. And for the most part it seems like a pretty good system. Plenty of people have credit cards and they understand the concept of purchasing items with them. So, how, you ask, could Microsoft screw this up? No, first you might ask, what is there to screw up? I mean, the system already works. All you need your customer to do is show up with a credit card? Right?
Full article can be read at Apple Matters.