Comments on: Peer to Peer sharing by iChat

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By: sambeau

sambeau — Mon, 01 May 2006 19:51:58 +0000

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By: hrmpf

hrmpf — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 22:33:54 +0000

Thanks for the comments- I suppose I agree with you all – i would like to see what my friends were doing and what they were listening to/ had bought from iTunes recently but I worry that maybe ‘features’ will only be added to applications if they have a payoff… the language of the patent suggests that selling media is the primary purpose of these features but i’ve trusted Apple this far – and not been disappointed – and if people buying a billion songs from Apple makes more money for Apple R&D and more new products then bring it on

By: Michael Vallance

Michael Vallance — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:37:34 +0000

How about sharing of documents for those working across the Net (such as Writely.com)?
I have used iStorm by mathgamehouse.com and it is terrific. To do the same using iChat and simultaneously video -conference would open a new world of collaboration. Oh, and listen to other’s music too.

By: Johnathan

Johnathan — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:19:37 +0000

I guess I don’t see how Apple selling more music (and movies?) is necessarily harmful. After the “iTunes Mini Store” fiasco, I’m sure that at the very least, it will be both optional to send and optional to receive this music/movie data. To be honest, even though I might not necessarily buy it from the iTMS, I think it would be cool to be able to see what sort of music / movies those on my buddy list are into.

(P.S. I also can’t blame Apple for wanting to move more aggressively into the digital content sales business, as it seems to be a type of product that Apple has a much higher marketshare of than any other. Apple finally has a hot seller on their hands, and I don’t mind too much if they take advantage of it, because it will keep the company healthy and producing other products I like.)

By: Neven

Neven — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:55:08 +0000

I think you might a bit too cynical about this.

“Itâ€™s difficult to see how useful this is”

Why not? Kids are always recommending songs. I link to Amazon samples all the time when wanting to share a song with a friend. This would make it quicker and easier.

“The point of this seems to be less design to help users but Apple thinking it might enable it to sell more music and movies.”

That’s a matter of opinion, of course; ultimately, the point of all features is to sell something (the software itself, for instance). Can you imagine Apple purposely EXCLUDING a link to iTunes? That would be mad.

You won’t be obligated to use this, obviously, just as you’re not obligated to use iTMS links in iTunes or the mini store browser. When those came up, I saw them, thought they were cute, and turned them off; if I was more into popular music, maybe I would have left them on.

The average user isn’t a tech nerd; they’re a media-thirsty casual user.