How does paying extra equal free?
One of my best friends from high school went away to graphics art school. When he returned he showed us a set of art tools the school gave him, in his words, "for free". Being a jackass, I replied "Free? And how much was your tuition?" I'm having much the same reaction to news that Apple May Offer Free Music Access (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/19/apple-may-offer-free-musi_n_92327.html).
Great headline, but what's that little snippet toward the end of the opening sentence:
[Apple Inc. is negotiating with record labels over a deal to give iPhone and iPod customers free access to the entire iTunes music library if they pay extra for the devices.]
Last I checked, paying extra for something means it's not free. Honestly, how does such a contradictory sentence make it to publication?
Anyway, if Apple does arrange a subscription model with or without an option for flat-rate, device-lifetime pre-payment (okay, I guess it is easier to say it's free if you pay extra), then the other online music stores will feel quite a "pinch".
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How does paying extra equal free?
posted by Sumocat at 3/19/2008 06:08:00 PM
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