The whole monthly-subscription thing of some vendors is crazy. A friend of mine used to use Napster, where you could download any number of songs for a flat rate. He thought he was getting a better deal than on iTunes. But as soon as he stopped paying his subscription, his songs stopped working.

I'm not convinced Apple can make a success out of this, even though their approach seems better than most of the competition. The technology just isn't quiet there yet. For one thing, HDTV is coming of age, and movies purchased from Apple just look crappy on anything other than a computer screen.