I have talked before how Apple is undermining the music business by taking all the profit out of its sale and distribution since they enjoy so much profit in selling hardware. This is completely backward of any other audio//video format before it. Think of $25 DVD players and $10 DVD drives for your PC relative to hundreds of dollars for Apple hardware.
Now Bon Jovi takes his turn going after Apple . What do you think?
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Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi slams Steve Jobs for 'killing' music
March 14, 2011, 3:41 PM EST
WENN
Jon Bon Jovi has taken aim at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, accusing him of "killing" the music industry with iTunes.
The rocker is saddened that the "magical" experience of buying records in a store is disappearing, brick-and-mortars stores being eroded in part due to iTunes' success.
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Bon Jovi tells The Sunday Times Magazine, "Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album; and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it."
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"God, it was a magical, magical time," he continues, "I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am, and you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: 'What happened?' Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business."
Now Bon Jovi takes his turn going after Apple . What do you think?
http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=635420&affid=100055
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Jon Bon Jovi
Jon Bon Jovi slams Steve Jobs for 'killing' music
March 14, 2011, 3:41 PM EST
WENN
Jon Bon Jovi has taken aim at Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, accusing him of "killing" the music industry with iTunes.
The rocker is saddened that the "magical" experience of buying records in a store is disappearing, brick-and-mortars stores being eroded in part due to iTunes' success.
Bing: Bon Jovi videos, news and more
Bon Jovi tells The Sunday Times Magazine, "Kids today have missed the whole experience of putting the headphones on, turning it up to 10, holding the jacket, closing their eyes and getting lost in an album; and the beauty of taking your allowance money and making a decision based on the jacket, not knowing what the record sounded like, and looking at a couple of still pictures and imagining it."
More: Bon Jovi's tour is highest earner of 2010
"God, it was a magical, magical time," he continues, "I hate to sound like an old man now, but I am, and you mark my words, in a generation from now people are going to say: 'What happened?' Steve Jobs is personally responsible for killing the music business."