My 11 yo son has $30 in birthday credit at the iTunes Store -- and nothing to spend it on.
This ain't a good sign.
In the past we'd buy episodes of TV shows -- mostly for watching on plane trips or other travels. With NBC gone the pickings look slim.
Movies? Nah -- very few options in the family movie department.
We could get a game, but they only play on my aging fifth generation iPod; not my iPhone to come.
We can't get music! DRMd music (AAC is fine, just not FairPlay) won't play on the SONY car stereo -- it's a real pain. We avoid it.
The least bad option, despite the DRM, will probably be an audio book, and maybe a small game on the side. That's tolerable for burning to CD or even re-recording if we need to dump the DRM.
Still, not such a great showing. No wonder Apple's share price is tanking* ...
* I consider this a great thing really. They've loads of cash, and a lower share price will reduce Apple's tendency to delusional arrogance. Please, no more Air Books.
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