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Sirius XM iPhone app a failure out of the gate.
After months of waiting the iPhone app for accessing Sirius XM has finally been released. It is however an unmitigated failure right out of the gate. Why? It requires a premium subscription to access something that you are already paying for. I have a regular online subscription for online content because I pay for my XM subscription on an annual basis. I see no need to turn over more money for something I am already paying for.
I suppose that someone at Sirius XM thinks this will make people pay extra so they can listen to that awesome Sirius XM content from their iPhones. Do they realize that people who have already paid for an iPhone most likely have an iTunes library. So there is already music I liked enough to pay for on my phone.
Now you may ask, “Lee, you have a giant iTunes library. Why do you want to listen to XM?” If you didn’t know before you now know that I have spent way too much money on CDs then way too much money on digital music. Why listen to Sirius XM? Am I a Howard Stern fan? Nope. And by the way Howard Stern channels are not available on the iPhone app for some reason. I am an Opie and Anthony fan. Why would a Computer Scientist who aspires to be a science fiction writer listen to Opie, Anthony and Little Jimmy? Who knows. Can you explain your friendship with all your friends? I find them amusing.
So bringing this rambling back around. Sirus XM has decided that someone like myself that pays annually for a product from a company that almost went bankrupt may not access the online content on their iPhone unless they pay an additional $2.99 a month.
Sorry folks, go tell the brilliant minds that came up with this way to encourage me to pay extra for this that it will just make me reconsider paying for an annual subscription when it comes up in the next few months. That is not an idle threat. I almost did not renew this year, but I was 2 days to late to cancel when I remembered that I had to make a phone call to stop from being charged. Be careful how much blood you try to wring from this stone. I have lots of options and most of them I have already paid for or they are free. Can you say Slacker Radio?
