Kazaa Claims The Internet Is Revolutionary
Kazaa issued a press release today that made me wonder if an amish person is running their company. In defiance of Apple’s policy to keep 30% of revenue generated by subscriptions and media purchases through the App Store, Kazaa announced today that:
subscribers to its Kazaa digital music subscription service are already entitled and can access the Kazaa music service on the iPad, iPhone and on Android compatible mobile devices by simply navigating to www.kazaa.com, without the requirement of downloading and installing a dedicated application. This exciting innovation allows Kazaa subscribers to immediately stream music via a broad range of wireless devices
In related news, when I flush my toilet… my toilet flushes.
I’m really not sure what Kazaa is all amped about. Perhaps this is unique to some degree in terms of what streaming music offerings are out there on the market now, but that’s because there aren’t any users who would rather visit the mobile site over downloading the mobile app. Put it in the context of HTML 5 and yeah – perhaps there is an upcoming revolution worthy of discussing. But the ability for your phone to connect to a website, allow you to login, and play audio? Color me unimpressed.
Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe I’m overlooking something. If so, by all means correct me in the comments. I do appreciate Kazaa’s efforts but to try and package them up as an exciting innovation just makes the whole thing sound foolish.
In any case, a note to all our Android-toting Kazaa customers: visit Kazaa.com on your phone and discover the revolution Al Gore invented in 1999 as it FINALLY reaches mobile phones more than a decade later.
[Via TechCrunch]