Steve Jobs says Customers don’t want Subscription Service
““Never say never, but customers don’t seem to be interested in it,” Jobs told Reuters in an interview after Apple reported blow-out quarterly results. “The subscription model has failed so far.”
One big thing between iTune and Zune MarketPlace is the subscription service. Paying $14.99 a month for all you want music sounds pretty good to me, as $15 a month really isnt that much. While Jobs thinks people like the iTunes model of paying 99cents per song. So the question I would love to know, but unfortunately could not dig up any info on it is how many users are opting for subscription service and how many just buy 1 song at a time from the Zune MarketPlace. If any one knows this info, would be great to know.
So next best thing is to put the question out there, do you guys prefer subscription service on the Zune MarketPlace? or do you just buy one song at a time as you go? Leave a comment and let us know.
Update: After reading over the comments from you guys, Xhyra brings up a really good point.
The problem I’ve noticed with the “subscription� aspect of Zune store is the fact that you have to keep paying that 15 bucks a month to play all those songs you bought the previous month. If you’re the type of person who constantly swaps out their music library then this wouldn’t seem so bad, but in the long run it will cost you a lot more money than to just simply buy the album itself.
I really thinks thats spot on. People like me, who usually change music all the time ( I usually do not like the same music I did say, 6 months ago) would really love the subscription service. While hard core music lovers who like to keep all their music would be best off with just buying the song.
So really in conclusion, both options are geared more towards different user types, and both seem to be doing a good job of pleasing them. Which is why I think Jobs is wrong here, assuming that every one is the one type of music fan, when there are not.
 So thanks Xhyra an every one else for the comments and letting us know what you think.
 Microsoft could take the same direction as Apple is doinig with iTunes right now and charge people for each download. Or they could integrate it with the new xbo 360 IPTV system so that consumers could get their shows on their Zune without paying a fixed price. It could also enable user to transfer HD movies to their Zunes, but I doubt the picture quality would be good.
