Disney will not be a part of iCloud launch

We got your "appearance of independency" right here. Heyo!

Where does it say Iger was not sold enough to participate in the launch? Certainly not in the original story from which you cobbled this post together.

Come on, guys. If you're going to redesign your site to look like a newsmagazine, you have to start acting like one and do some reporting and research.

"Seems a little inconvenient to have each content company set up its own platform to sell content..."

Really. Do they think we need to have an "app" for each of the 100 or so channels on television? One for each studio? One for each magazine? One for each publisher?

Hell, why not one for each and every author and artist??? I'd love nothing more that to manage 10,000 apps, each with different interfaces and varying degrees of functionality....

I like how TUAW doesn't even mention (or perhaps realize?) that Steve Jobs is on the Disney Board of Directors. The article that they are referring to doesn't say that Disney won't be part of the launch - it says Iger couldn't give details about iCloud.

Another poorly researched article from TUAW. Congrats guys.

Someone is jumping a little ahead of the game here. Disney is not a major music label. Assuming initially this is a music steaming service, as it is universally expected to be, why would you expect to see Disney involved? Aside from music labels, there are no major media corps involved at this point. Disney wouldn't be expected onboard until it reaches that stage.

Quote: "Seems a little inconvenient to have each content company set up its own platform to sell content "

This has absolutely nothing to do with user convenience. Nobody is creating their own content portals for convenience of the user - this is about money. Disney can (in their minds) make more money running their own show than they can with Apple, Amazon or anyone else running it. I can't imagine anyone thinking Amazon's app store for Android was about anyone's convenience... that was Amazon seeing a chance to unify the marketplace under their huge umbrella and make a mint doing it.

Sure Apple may be doing some of this iCloud garbage to integrate the user experience better for iOS/X users, but they aren't doing it for the good of their health :)

Not the first time they haven't been immediately on board with Apple. I wonder if there is some legality involving Steve Jobs that makes them hesitate on anything Apple?