Filed under: iTS
iTMS: Just For You Beta
Color me scared: not only does Apple come out with a new feature section in the iTMS called "Just For You" that guesses what I would like to buy based on my previous purchases, not only do they slap a big old blue "Beta" button on it (taking cue from Google perhaps?), but numbers 5, 6, and 8 in their suggested list really scare me. I mean, NSYNC?! Is this because I bought Ashlee Simpson's album?
Anyway, a bigger shot of what you see when you click on this suggestion box can be found after the jump.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Robert Knight said 4:11PM on 10-12-2005
C.K.-
Pearl Jam as your no. 1 recommendation & AIC as no. 9
nice.
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mathew said 4:13PM on 10-12-2005
*laughs
wonderful choices apple...
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Sean said 4:23PM on 10-12-2005
"Honey! Apple thinks I'm gay!"
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Ryan said 4:33PM on 10-12-2005
Too bad iTunes 6 wasn't announced yesterday. National Coming Out day is Oct. 11th, not the 12th.
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Wheels said 4:47PM on 10-12-2005
I think that's why they have the "Don't like it" button. I've already axed Sprinstein from my list. Yeah, don't know how the think I'll buy a classical album just because I have "Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic" by the Sundays
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Radu Dutzan said 5:02PM on 10-12-2005
ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN!!!!
ELDERLY WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER IN A SMALL TOWN!!!!
OMG!!! OMG!!!
PEARL JAM ROCKS!!!!!
I'm sorry, I'm just a big fan.
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Chris said 5:13PM on 10-12-2005
Well, I just bought an album it suggested. I think it's a neat feature. I'm sure there are privacy issues, but I would love to tell it what albums I own.
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Nathan said 5:20PM on 10-12-2005
I like it, apart from the fact that they're recommending that I buy songs that I've already bought off the iTMS!
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Nathan said 7:29PM on 10-12-2005
Some of the recommendations are completely insane...
I bought Ride Of The Valkyries (Vagner) and it's recommending "Mouse Gone Wild" by "Eek-A-Mouse" - WTF?!
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charlie said 9:07PM on 10-12-2005
i'm sure (or at least i hope) that alot of people have already heard about this, but if you want a good service to reccomend music and whatnot, chack out http://www.last.fm/index.php. it is really a great service and site. for a little insight into how it all works, you can check out my profile, http://www.last.fm/user/turbosloth9/. you download a plug in for itunes which constantly updates the site as to what music you are listening to. all this information is gathered into a profile, and then identifies other users who listen to the same stuff as you (your "neighbours". just the charting out of your music is cool enough to sign up, but the real kicker is that the site then tells you what your neighbours listen to that you don't.
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Wry Cooter said 10:25PM on 10-12-2005
Sales suggestions are only as good as the info you feed it, and ITMS purchases do NOT reflect that huge a chunk of my taste... actually, it is often the stuff I would NOT buy a full album of, a hard to find obscurity here and there. Sometimes Amazon suggests some weird stuff too, because I have tracked down some oddball hard to find thing.
Do you think they are borrowing Amazon tech? (Apple licenses the one click)
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