Comments on: iTunes Multi-Pass http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multipass The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:52:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Phil http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multipass#comment-18437 Phil Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:50:37 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multi-pass/#comment-18437 So I purchased a daily show multi-pass and there's a new episode available, but it hasn't started downloading automaticaly! Anyone know if there's a way to trigger this supposed 'automatic' download of new episodes as they become available? So I purchased a daily show multi-pass and there's a new episode available, but it hasn't started downloading automaticaly! Anyone know if there's a way to trigger this supposed 'automatic' download of new episodes as they become available?

]]> By: CipherSwarm http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multipass#comment-18436 CipherSwarm Thu, 09 Mar 2006 15:19:31 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multi-pass/#comment-18436 @jeff: Yeah, he's a tool, but he finances ArsTech (I'm a old-timer from the forums), so we deal with it. His use of subscription is correct in the magazine sense, as @Greg pointed out. Just because the new "subscription" model blows chunks doesn't mean Ken (Caesar) Fisher's usage of it was wrong; in the digital context, we think subscription means the Napster "borrow our music, but don't get too attached" kind. @jeff: Yeah, he's a tool, but he finances ArsTech (I'm a old-timer from the forums), so we deal with it.

His use of subscription is correct in the magazine sense, as @Greg pointed out. Just because the new "subscription" model blows chunks doesn't mean Ken (Caesar) Fisher's usage of it was wrong; in the digital context, we think subscription means the Napster "borrow our music, but don't get too attached" kind.

]]> By: Greg Pfeil http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multipass#comment-18435 Greg Pfeil Thu, 09 Mar 2006 05:37:08 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multi-pass/#comment-18435 Sure, subscriptions end, but it's only the unscrupulous Web businesses that take your content away when the subscription ends. I still subscribe to a few magazines, and no one from Conde Nast has shown up to collect my old issues yet. It <em>is</em> a subscription because you're purchasing things you'll receive in the future. A volume discount would be for the past 16 episodes, not the upcoming ones. Sure, subscriptions end, but it's only the unscrupulous Web businesses that take your content away when the subscription ends. I still subscribe to a few magazines, and no one from Conde Nast has shown up to collect my old issues yet.

It is a subscription because you're purchasing things you'll receive in the future. A volume discount would be for the past 16 episodes, not the upcoming ones.

]]> By: jeff http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multipass#comment-18434 jeff Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:30:25 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/03/08/itunes_multi-pass/#comment-18434 Multipass seems like a good idea for shows like Lost... maybe even the daily show, but it's still a little pricey for me considering the portability (without a Ipod w/ video) is pretty much Zero, and the quality is a third of what's available for free, pirate style. If they'd do it as HD, even just 480, i'd probably do it in a heart beat. (Or if apple released somethingroughly equivalent to Toast, that would let me burn a limited number of copies to DVD... that'd certainly get me on board.) ...oh, and the author of that article is a tool. Chris Tucker? Screaming? what a dumbass. ...and to completely overlook EXPLAINING the difference between a multipass and a subscription... how useless can he be? Multipass seems like a good idea for shows like Lost... maybe even the daily show, but it's still a little pricey for me considering the portability (without a Ipod w/ video) is pretty much Zero, and the quality is a third of what's available for free, pirate style.

If they'd do it as HD, even just 480, i'd probably do it in a heart beat.

(Or if apple released somethingroughly equivalent to Toast, that would let me burn a limited number of copies to DVD... that'd certainly get me on board.)

...oh, and the author of that article is a tool. Chris Tucker? Screaming? what a dumbass. ...and to completely overlook EXPLAINING the difference between a multipass and a subscription... how useless can he be?

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