The dangers of the iTunes Store
September 18th, 2007 5
The iTunes store is great, I love it! And that’s the problem. They have my credit card details and it’s way too easy for me to click the all to available ‘buy now’ button. And, to make matters worse, we now have TV shows in the UK store.
Oh crap, Ugly Betty is quite good, and I don’t watch TV so this seems like the perfect solution. Click, watch.. and then cower under the table when my Visa bill is delivered each month. They add more stuff all the time, why wont they let me rest?
And then, the final straw. They go and launch the iPod touch. How do Apple do that? Make you want their things? And with WiFi access to the store I’d be as dangerous as a granny with a chainsaw.
Somebody help. Surly there must be a support group for this kind of thing?
5 Comments (+0 in the moderation queue).
#1 On September 18th, 2007 at 12:25 pm Si Jobling said...
I know what you mean. My quick solution is to change your Store Preferences to “Buy using Shopping Cart” rather than “Buy and downloading using 1-click” - it’s saved me a fortune. Rather than just saying “hell yeah - give it me now”, you can stack up all the stuff you want, saving them for later. When you decide its time to buy something, pop in and just click on the “Buy Now” button on the item you want.
As for the TV stuff, you’ve heard my opinion of that (http://www.simonjobling.com/blog/2007/and-now-on-itunes-tv-uk/ if not). Until there’s some decent UK material on there (or Heroes), I’m not that interested. Movies would be a nice addition when they sort that out though.
#2 On September 18th, 2007 at 5:26 pm Paul said...
Great tip Si - I think I will give that a try as I’m also dangerously addicted to the damn thing!
As to the TV Shows (for some reason called TV Programmes on the UK store - is that how they think we Brits speak?) I’m just crying out for some British content - idealy from the BBC and Channel 4. If they managed to get an agreement with those companies, I’d happily re-mortgage my house (well, if I had a house…!)
#3 On September 18th, 2007 at 9:43 pm Jon said...
Yes. It is the way we speak. You’ve been a yank too long.
Personally, I’d also like to see more US programmes on iTunes store, a wider choice is a winner.
#4 On September 19th, 2007 at 8:06 am Mark said...
As for a support group, there are plenty. It’s called Bittorrent
#5 On May 9th, 2008 at 12:57 pm ankara nakliyat said...
thank you.