Monday, August 23, 2004
FreeiPods.com sucks
As my loyal reader(s) know, I'm not a fan of Apple or their products. However, when I read on WIRED.com that the whole freeipods.com thing was legit, I figured I would get one. After all, I could use it to download music off of the Real music store using Real's Harmony software (that has Apple so p!ssed off).
So I completed the sign-up process (which was very easy) and sent invites to 5 people (also very easy). Then, I took a look at the free offers that I had to choose from. All of them sucked - AOL, Columbia House DVD Club, BMG Music Club and credit card offers. And, despite text to the contrary, all of the ones I clicked on required a credit card number.
Since I really didn't want an iPod to begin with, I decided to bail out. Hopefully none of the people that I sent invites to get spammed now that freeipods.com has their e-mail address.
As my loyal reader(s) know, I'm not a fan of Apple or their products. However, when I read on WIRED.com that the whole freeipods.com thing was legit, I figured I would get one. After all, I could use it to download music off of the Real music store using Real's Harmony software (that has Apple so p!ssed off).
So I completed the sign-up process (which was very easy) and sent invites to 5 people (also very easy). Then, I took a look at the free offers that I had to choose from. All of them sucked - AOL, Columbia House DVD Club, BMG Music Club and credit card offers. And, despite text to the contrary, all of the ones I clicked on required a credit card number.
Since I really didn't want an iPod to begin with, I decided to bail out. Hopefully none of the people that I sent invites to get spammed now that freeipods.com has their e-mail address.
¶ 7:39 AM 
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