Comments on: Yahoo Shuts Down Unlimited Music Service, Acquires FoxyTunes

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:00:00 +0000

DKong wrote:

Acquiring a firefox add on? That’s kinda stupid, IMO.

eBay did it with Stumbleupon, and I don't think they regret it.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:51:54 +0000

DKong wrote:

Acquiring a firefox add on? That’s kinda stupid, IMO.

It's not just Firefox though. FoxyTunes also works with Internet Explorer as well and is one of the most popular media toolbars out there.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:23:54 +0000

And here I thought Yahoo! was done making purchases. Whatever, an Fx ext probably wasn’t too expensive. Seems very insignificant to me.

By: DKong

DKong — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:45:40 +0000

Acquiring a firefox add on? That’s kinda stupid, IMO.

By: epiac1216

epiac1216 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:05:41 +0000

@Ashley:

“Even though Yahoo Music Unlimited users have a place to go, my gut feeling is that those users are eventually going to start wondering why they are paying for a service when they could get an ad-supported music service for free. Given the changes in how people listen to music, my gut says Rhapsody music service won’t be around for long.”

I totally agree with you. For example in my case, I can listen to a wide variety of music on the Internet with almost CD quality without having to spend a dime.

Eventually, subscription music over the Internet will go the way of the Dodo. XM Satellite and Sirius had to merge, because they couldn’t pay their bills as independent companies. After a while they too will have to close their doors due to the competition of free ad-supported music online .

Regards,

Omar.-