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  Confident Apple for 2004
Subject:   Charging for iPhoto and iMovie is wrong
Date:   2004-01-08 07:20:23
From:   anonymous2
I disagree with the practice of charging for iPhoto and iMovie. People who have had their Mac's for some time operated under the impression that the original i products where a part of the OS. Each iteration of the products was a free download. The only exception being iDVD, although I can justify it due to the size of the download.


Now I have all of my content in these applications and have become a regular part of my computing experience. Now that I'm hooked in Apple is going to start charging for them. I think it's wrong. Banks allowed ATM usage to be free, once users became hooked they started charging. Drug dealers operate the same way, first hit free. Once your addicted they start to charge.


That's my 2 cents.

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  • Have your current versions of iPhoto and iMovie stopped working?
    2004-01-08 07:46:07  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    If not, then why should you get the next version for free? If your car company comes out with your model car with 5 more hp, do you expect them to give you the upgrade for free?
    • Have your current versions of iPhoto and iMovie stopped working?
      2004-01-10 06:54:47  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

      A car is a different story. Cars do not manage content. Cars can be swapped for different models without difficulty.
  • Analogies considered harmful
    2004-01-08 07:57:11  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

    You're not being charged for things you already have, which will continue to work for years, you're being charged for a new upgraded package of apps. Just how many upgrades did you expect to get, upgrades for life?

    Your ATM analogy, like your drug-dealer one, is rendered irrelevant by the fact that these apps are not a service or consumable product which is being charged for after a free trial period. You can continue to use the old versions as long as you like. I can't believe people would complain about $49 for GarageBand, let alone a whole suite.

    That would be once *you're* addicted if you must use comparisons with a world most of us have never experienced, perhaps you could add the word 'crack' to complete that Slashdot experience?
    • Analogies considered harmful
      2004-01-10 07:07:42  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

      For the record I don't read slashdot or do drugs. But I like the analogy.

      You make a good point about ATM's being consumable products and pointing out the difference in regards to the iApps. I can't argue with your logic on that point. I also have no problem with them charging for GarageBand and the iDVD upgrade.

      My complaint lies in that I received free upgrades with the last release of iMovie and iPhoto. I was also under the impression that the products were a part of the OS, not a separate application that was given away for free. You couldn't buy the iApps separately when they were released, they were a part of every Mac. I get free upgrades for Jaguar, why not expect free upgrades for other applications that I was led to believe where a part of Jaguar.

      The short point is that if the iApps where sold as a free add-on with the purchase of a Mac then I wouldn't expect free upgrades. They were sold as a part of the Mac and removing functionality in order to charge for it is where my complaint lies.

      Are they going to start charging 19.99 for Safari?
      • Analogies considered harmful
        2004-01-12 20:47:06  anonymous2 [Reply | View]

        gawd- if they charged 19.99 for safari, i'd have to dust off the Camino app.