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No Mac Napster?

Wednesday November 19, 2003 12:17 am PST by Arnold Kim
Despite a previous statement indicating that Napster might be coming to the Mac... new information available to MacRumors reveals that no Napster Mac port is presently underway. As well, it appears there are no plans to port Napster to the Mac.



Napster 2.0 was launched in late October for the Windows platform. The relaunched service now offers Protected Windows Media Audio formatted songs for purchase, which could be difficult to fully support on the Mac platform. While Microsoft did recently release Windows Media Player 9 for Mac OS X, it's unclear how much support the latest edition has for the newest digitally protected song files.

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Metatron
108 months ago
And we care because...........can I say iTunes anyone!
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suzerain
108 months ago
i mean, really...how many ways to we need to buy the same old crap?
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stoid
108 months ago
Yes, bring the free music to the mac again!!

Oh, wait, I forgot, Napster isn't free anymore, it's a load o' crap market piled onto of a even crappier service. Mac is all the better that we aren't afflicted with diseases like Napster and BuyMusic.
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alset
108 months ago
Who cares? I care. Though this may signal that they know they can't crack the popularity of iTMS, I also hate to see discrimination toward my platform of choice. I like knowing that I chose not to use a product or service because it isn't worth my time, not because a company doesn't find my business worth coveting.

Dan
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johnnowak
108 months ago
Heh, I love how this has more positive than negative votes.

"Yay, less options for the consumer! This rocks! Go Apple!"
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sparkleytone
108 months ago
I was told by more than one PC user that the Napster store is way behind the iTMS as far as organization and ease of use are concerned. Also, quite a few of them weren't aware that it was using WMA, which immediately scared them. I say who needs it on the Mac. The iTMS isn't going away any time soon.
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trilogic
108 months ago
I guess only very few apple users would buy their music from napster anyway. Therefore I understand that they don't want to spend time for an apple version.

but for apple users it would be good to have another choice. okay we still can go to the recordshop around the corner.
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Nermal
108 months ago
The only reason Mac support would be good is if they get international support first.
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Sabenth
108 months ago
Hmm would have thought this was obvious. Guess i am more foward thinking than i thought way to go Napster..
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rauf
108 months ago
Who needs "new" napster... I don't understand what market they're going for on either PC or mac.

Legal music is sewn up with iTMS. peer to per networking is routinely available on both platforms (Grokster on PC, Acquisition on mac). So what market is left????

Congratulations Mr Fanning, I hope you sold your lemming for an absolute fortune.

:p
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