September 13th, 2006
Glenn Reynolds is mostly right again
Get this straight content providers: Our computers belong to us. If we’re in the mood, we might let you sell us some stuff to run on them. But they don’t belong to you, and we’re not likely to surrender control over our own bought-and-paid-for hardware, which we often rely on to do our jobs and run our lives, simply in exchange for letting you sell us something. (Honestly, most of what you’re selling isn’t all that good anyway, and you’re lucky that people buy it at all. So don’t get greedy. And while click-through license agreements may make it legal, they won’t make you any more popular.)
From http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=091306D.
But iTunes/iPod is a slightly different story. Much of what he says applies, yet I (and many others) still happily provide access and purchase items from them. The difference, of course, is the percieved benefit is high enough to justify the associated negatives.