Article:		Confident Apple for 2004
Subject:		Analogies considered harmful
Date:		2004-01-08 07:57:11
From:		anonymous2
Response to: Charging for iPhoto and iMovie is wrong
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?

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• 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.