Comments on: Apple reaches 10 billion iTunes downloads http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads Making Sense of Technology Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:15:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: James Gowan http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/#comment-17463 James Gowan Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:34:38 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=3742#comment-17463 To answer Jim's question with my supposition, I think 100B is too long to go without a trumpet blast and 15B is too close now for a full-on celebration. However, I don't think we'll celebrate at 20B either. There will be one more press release at 20B on Apple's Hot News page and then celebrate 25,000,000,000.... then 50B,... then 75B -- finally a really big prize package at 100B. (Quiet press releases at the other multiples of 5s until that number's reached (sometime around 2020, I'd guess. Funny thing,... even after 100,000,000,000 songs sold, the Record Labels will still be pissing and moaning about unfair they have it. :-) (god, I hate them) To answer Jim's question with my supposition, I think 100B is too long to go without a trumpet blast and 15B is too close now for a full-on celebration.

However, I don't think we'll celebrate at 20B either. There will be one more press release at 20B on Apple's Hot News page and then celebrate 25,000,000,000…. then 50B,… then 75B — finally a really big prize package at 100B. (Quiet press releases at the other multiples of 5s until that number's reached (sometime around 2020, I'd guess.

Funny thing,… even after 100,000,000,000 songs sold, the Record Labels will still be pissing and moaning about unfair they have it. :-) (god, I hate them)

]]> By: Apple’s 10 billion song winner buys Johnny Cash tune | The Loop http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/#comment-17314 Apple’s 10 billion song winner buys Johnny Cash tune | The Loop Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:02:32 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=3742#comment-17314 [...] on Wednesday reached the 10 billion download mark on its iTunes Store. The company on Thursday said who the lucky winner of the contest was. Louie [...] [...] on Wednesday reached the 10 billion download mark on its iTunes Store. The company on Thursday said who the lucky winner of the contest was. Louie [...]

]]> By: DanielSw http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/#comment-17271 DanielSw Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:45:19 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=3742#comment-17271 I'd say 20B, but I hope they don't go the way of McDonald's when they stopped counting billions of hamburgers sold and just changed the sign to "billions sold". I hope someone keeps keeping track and I want to keep seeing the historical graph of sales since Day One. That's a beautiful geometric curve up steeper and steeper! I'd say 20B, but I hope they don't go the way of McDonald's when they stopped counting billions of hamburgers sold and just changed the sign to "billions sold". I hope someone keeps keeping track and I want to keep seeing the historical graph of sales since Day One. That's a beautiful geometric curve up steeper and steeper!

]]> By: Craig Hart http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/#comment-17270 Craig Hart Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:08:32 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=3742#comment-17270 wonder if this is the new "Tuesday" since events were always on Tuesdays now they are on Wednesday, also wonder if it had something to do with jobs birthday today? wonder if this is the new "Tuesday" since events were always on Tuesdays now they are on Wednesday, also wonder if it had something to do with jobs birthday today?

]]> By: Jim Dalrymple http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/#comment-17267 Jim Dalrymple Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:16:15 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=3742#comment-17267 What will they celebrate next, 100 billion? They are just so far ahead. What will they celebrate next, 100 billion? They are just so far ahead.

]]> By: dreamsburnred http://www.loopinsight.com/2010/02/24/apple-reaches-10-billion-itunes-downloads/#comment-17266 dreamsburnred Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:57:12 +0000 http://www.loopinsight.com/?p=3742#comment-17266 Nice, glad to see Apple finally pass the mark :D. Nice, glad to see Apple finally pass the mark :D .

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