A similar situation in Canada exists. When ROGERS came out with one of their first USB modem products, I signed up. The first month was supposed to be "unlimited," and I ventured on a cross-country trip. A month later I got a bill for nearly $6,000 and it took 3 months for ROGERS to fix their mistake. Needless to say I will never, ever use Rogers again or any data plans. They make the TOS and pricing impossible to figure out, and just try and talk to a customer service agent to understand it. Of course, their billing systems work flawlessly, but they cannot explain to a customer what they are being charged for.
Alexus should have used product placement, shooting porn in the backseat...of a Lexus, of course. Problem solved, and new market penetration for Lexus.
I used to buy a lot of music on iTunes. However after moving from the USA to Canada, changing computers several times, and forgetting my old iTunes account info...I've given up on DRM iTunes. I don't have time to fiddle with all this crap, or get my old "locked" files retrieved on another computer.
I don't want to "steal" music either, and I'm tired of having to figure out how to deal with DRM (burn to CD, re-rip, email Apple to figure out the latest bug with iTunes and my library) so I've gone back to BUYING physical CDs.
Enough of this DRM, iTunes, iPod crap. It's become too much work. I just want to listen to the damn music. The small difference in price for a physical CD versus iTunes (14.99 vs. 9.99 for an iTunes album) is well worth the savings in time and frustration.
Screw online music.
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Data charges in Canada
A similar situation in Canada exists. When ROGERS came out with one of their first USB modem products, I signed up. The first month was supposed to be "unlimited," and I ventured on a cross-country trip. A month later I got a bill for nearly $6,000 and it took 3 months for ROGERS to fix their mistake. Needless to say I will never, ever use Rogers again or any data plans. They make the TOS and pricing impossible to figure out, and just try and talk to a customer service agent to understand it. Of course, their billing systems work flawlessly, but they cannot explain to a customer what they are being charged for.
Copyrighted Money
You mean the idea of copyrighting currency wasn't invented by some dumb-ass American lawyer?
Alexus
Alexus should have used product placement, shooting porn in the backseat...of a Lexus, of course. Problem solved, and new market penetration for Lexus.
DRM-less
I used to buy a lot of music on iTunes. However after moving from the USA to Canada, changing computers several times, and forgetting my old iTunes account info...I've given up on DRM iTunes. I don't have time to fiddle with all this crap, or get my old "locked" files retrieved on another computer.
I don't want to "steal" music either, and I'm tired of having to figure out how to deal with DRM (burn to CD, re-rip, email Apple to figure out the latest bug with iTunes and my library) so I've gone back to BUYING physical CDs.
Enough of this DRM, iTunes, iPod crap. It's become too much work. I just want to listen to the damn music. The small difference in price for a physical CD versus iTunes (14.99 vs. 9.99 for an iTunes album) is well worth the savings in time and frustration.
Screw online music.