{"id":604,"date":"2007-04-30T00:07:16","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T07:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2007\/04\/30\/newsletter-387-preview-do-you-really-want-to-rent-music\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T15:17:11","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T22:17:11","slug":"newsletter-387-preview-do-you-really-want-to-rent-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2007\/04\/newsletter-387-preview-do-you-really-want-to-rent-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #387 Preview: Do You Really Want to Rent Music?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Apple announced, during its session with financial analysts, that it would apportion income from the iPhone and Apple TV on a subscription basis, some folks started wondering whether they were planning on adding a subscription service to iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is, of course, no. Apple&#8217;s public strategy, at least for now, isn&#8217;t changing. They took this action because certain unannounced free features are going to be added to Apple&#8217;s newest hardware products over time, so they can&#8217;t book all the income at once. I suppose accountants will want to weigh in on whether any of this makes sense, but I&#8217;ll give Apple the benefit of the doubt.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Steve Jobs is quoted as saying that he still believes that people want to own their music, not rent it, but left the door open, telling Reuters: &#8220;Never say never, but customers don&#8217;t seem to be interested in it. The subscription model has failed so far.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also talk that the music companies are planning to push for an iTunes subscription service in their latest negotiations over contracts for the coming year. 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