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"Caring" Apple profiteers from Whitney Houston's death

February 13th, 2012 - 10:05 am ET by Homer | Report spam
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While the music industry has been paying its respects to troubled icon
Whitney Houston, who was found dead on Saturday, posthumous Grammy award
winner Steve Jobs' company, Apple, has been accused of exploiting the
singer's death.

Popular media blog Digital Spy spotted a number of price-hikes on
iTunes. Almost as soon as she was found dead in a hotel room, fans began
accusing Cupertino of bumping up the costs to cynically cash in on her
death.

One of her albums, the 2007 Ultimate Collection, went from £3 to £7.99.
Customers said that they weren't able to grab the album at the
advertised price as the catalogue was updated.

Digital Spy quoted one customer as saying: "To say I am angry is an
understatement". Apple's alleged vulture-like shenanigans were described
as "totally parasitic".

And that, presumably, will be counted among the contributions of late
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has just received his posthumous Trustees
Award. An Apple spokesperson said he was thrilled to pick up the award
in Jobs' honour because "music meant so much to him".
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February 13th, 2012 - 10:27 am ET | Report spam
On Feb 13, 10:05 am, Homer wrote:
[quote]
While the music industry has been paying its respects to troubled icon
Whitney Houston, who was found dead on Saturday, posthumous Grammy award
winner Steve Jobs' company, Apple, has been accused of exploiting the
singer's death.

Popular media blog Digital Spy spotted a number of price-hikes on
iTunes. Almost as soon as she was found dead in a hotel room, fans began
accusing Cupertino of bumping up the costs to cynically cash in on her
death.

One of her albums, the 2007 Ultimate Collection, went from £3 to £7.99.
Customers said that they weren't able to grab the album at the
advertised price as the catalogue was updated.

Digital Spy quoted one customer as saying: "To say I am angry is an
understatement". Apple's alleged vulture-like shenanigans were described
as "totally parasitic".

And that, presumably, will be counted among the contributions of late
Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has just received his posthumous Trustees
Award. An Apple spokesperson said he was thrilled to pick up the award
in Jobs' honour because "music meant so much to him".
[/quote]

http://news.techeye.net/internet/fa...in-on-w...

   "We care" ~ Tim Cook, Apple CEO.




Maybe people who gave a shit about her music should have bought it
already? Maybe people who want to buy her music can wait a few months
for the price to come down? Her music is non-essential (for some of
us, incredibly non-essential) to every day life. If you don't like the
price, don't pay for it? It's not Apple's responsibility to set the
price below market value. Some people are willing to pay twice as much
for music that was previously available just because she died, because
some people are idiots. Apple is profiteering from them, not Whitney
Houston. Why aren't you criticizing the people who want to buy her
music simply because she's dead?

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