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Amazon Beats Apple And Google To Cloud-Based Music Storage/Streaming

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Well, it remains to be seen if it is successful, as being the first to market doesn't translate in being the most successful one or that the market is worth pursuing.

That said, I love it how Amazon gets shit done.

I wouldn't be surprised to see them launch a credible Facebook alternative either, were integration with Amazon reviews would be their killer feature.

Isn't that kind of like winning a race to give money to a panhandler? Especially if the two people you think you're racing aren't even trying? We've had dozens (I assume - I've only tried 2 or 3 myself) of startups in this space.

Didn't Apple technically win by acquiring (then subsequently closing down) lala ?

Closing down? I'd say significantly rebranding. We'll see, most likely, the week of June 6th.

fortunately my wallet's content will not be impacted by this news. Being in Italy helps you spend less money, Yay! :(

Ditto for Brazil... In my case, most apps are not for sale in AppStore, for example (not even Angry Birds).

Apple beats Amazon to a useful media distribution store by a decade.

You're missing the whole point.

Maybe. But so are all the headlines about Amazon. Yes, Amazon beat Apple and Google to the punch on the media locker, but the extent to which that is relevant is questionable. Apple sells 70% of the digital music in America compared to Amazon's 12%.

http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/05/amazon-elbows-its-...

It's good to see Amazon getting in there and releasing forward-looking products, but it is also important to realize that they still have a ton of catching up to do. If Blockbuster released an online video locker product I don't think it would dramatically affect Netflix.

Point simply: Kudos to Amazon for getting their first. Not sure it's going to make much of a difference seeing as Apple's media locker is coming out in the next few months (as is Google's apparently). Customers are sticky to their music stores.

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