This story has been making its way around the blogosphere. I’d take it all with a grain of salt.
On one hand, hard to know how well sourced this is, whether this is simply the groans of a few, or truly representative.
On the other hand, Apple is a beginner here, brand spanking new to this space. If this is truly an issue, Apple will learn the lesson over time. Apple has deep pockets, can afford to make plenty of mistakes.
Side note on that headline: Apples’s? Really? Apple’s venture. Not Apples’s venture.
UPDATE: They fixed the headline.
New York Post? You can bet they juiced it up to 11. Whatever facts are there, they are not likely being portrayed accurately. They’re less concerned with facts than they are profits.
Beat me to it. The NYP is not a source for anything but low-level Murdoch garbage.
“Apple has deep pockets, can afford to make plenty of mistakes.”
This may or may not be true. If Apple bombs out of the gate with a subscription service, people might not be willing to give it a second chance. Take my old Apple Newton. By the time I got one, the handwriting recognition was great. Its reputation was set in stone by then though.
I commented on AppleInsider.. that I’m so tired of these ‘person said’ stories. When, as you mentioned, it could very well be a few people complaining. Furthermore, if these “people” are not happy working for Apple, they don’t have to, do they?
Ps, agree with Hrunga and Mo!