Comment the article has it backwards. (Score 1) 470
Could it just be that P2P users are more likely to buy non-iPod players? People who use P2P to get their music (and do it well!) tend to be a little saavier with computers to begin with. From what I've seen, most people use GNUtella/Limewire ("I hear Bearshare is better...") or Kazaa (still!); you don't get whole albums from either of these, so people who use these networks exclusively probably won't be filling up their MP3 players with P2P downloads.
In order to get enough songs to make up a significant MP3 collection, you need BitTorrent or Soulseek or (fill in the blank, please, I'm always open to suggestions). But it takes a little more computer saavy to (1) know about these programs in the first place, and (2) be able to use them effectively (note that the article mentions 41% of those surveyed found commercial download services "difficult to use"). I would think that these are the same people who are also more likely to (1) know about alternative MP3 players, and (2) be able to understand what about a Zen Micro makes it better than an iPod Nano (aside from the relaxingly slow boot time and that cool, retro monochrome screen ;-P ).
So, i guess I'm just saying that it's not surprising that most iPod users don't use P2P because most people (iPod or no) don't use P2P. It also bugs me to say that "iPod users aren't likely to use P2P" when it should be that "P2P users aren't as likely to buy an iPod".
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an iPod and SLSK user.
In order to get enough songs to make up a significant MP3 collection, you need BitTorrent or Soulseek or (fill in the blank, please, I'm always open to suggestions). But it takes a little more computer saavy to (1) know about these programs in the first place, and (2) be able to use them effectively (note that the article mentions 41% of those surveyed found commercial download services "difficult to use"). I would think that these are the same people who are also more likely to (1) know about alternative MP3 players, and (2) be able to understand what about a Zen Micro makes it better than an iPod Nano (aside from the relaxingly slow boot time and that cool, retro monochrome screen
So, i guess I'm just saying that it's not surprising that most iPod users don't use P2P because most people (iPod or no) don't use P2P. It also bugs me to say that "iPod users aren't likely to use P2P" when it should be that "P2P users aren't as likely to buy an iPod".
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an iPod and SLSK user.
