Third World NZ

**mashman** · 6th November 2012, 16:53

Originally Posted by James Deuce

No. You're still spending money on something you already bought. Format changes are simply a tool to increase revenue on back catalogue. Develop an industry standard, squash the inevitable competitors, use the squashing to build the hype until consumers feel they HAVE to migrate.

Fair enough... buts I doos lubs technology.

**madandy** · 6th November 2012, 18:06

Originally Posted by Usarka

I like travelling, going to a country and looking at how other people live. The markets where everyone buys those cheap casio watches that we had in the 80's, or pulls a horse and cart because cheap supply of cars isn't a reality yet and they get paid the equivalent of one banana per hour. Haha you stupid backwards bastards.

So I'm sitting in prosperous NZ trying to buy some digital music online. Itunes says "sure, but only this AAC format which on your non-apple stereo is the equivalent of a cassette tape that's been high speed dubbed 20 times", and every other place I can find it says "sorry, you live in a backwards shithole we can't sell it to you".

So I'm actually going to a record shop today (if I can find one) to see if they have the music equivalent of an 80's casio watch - a thing called a CD. If this fails I'll don my pirate hat and be a criminal and steal from those overseas arse wipes. People in developed countries must be rofling and tut tutting in equal doses. Rich fuckers, suck my cock.

My non apple stereo has no trouble playing my itunes music in good quality. The output volume is lower from an ipad or ipod etc but once burnt to disc it improves as the cd player ouput is far greater and the quality ok. Better, in fact than some licensed cd's I have.