PETITION: Add WMP Support!

I agree, big time, I'm getting sick of hearing a song, and checking to see what I'm listening to, and seeing the complete wrong artist, song name, album, and/or album art.  There is a way to fix it, but it's not permanant.

Rilo57, there is no "anti-piracy protection" unless you are talking about DRM content from Zune Pass subscription, or part of the Zune Marketplace catalog that isn't available in MP3.  (As dictated by the music content owners.)  Also, the majority of concerns with the very basic 2.0 software was resolved in 2.5.

Open up the format!  allow people to do what they want.  If someone wants to pirate music they will find a way.  Don't punish law abiding zune listeners by forcing them to use substandard software.

The whole concept of antipiracy protection is crazy,  the cat is out of the bag, the cow is out of the barn...  music is already very transferable, it's already on my computer I could just email it as an attachment... 

 

Locking in to the Zune Marketplace is certainly one element that drove the implementation of the new non-WMP-based software.  But the "social" was another reason.  It has become pretty obvious that the 2nd Gen Zune (hardware/software) is shifting away traditional PMP users and drifting towards a  "MySpace Mobile" environment.  Great for the teens and tweens who want that, not so great for those of us who were looking for an PMP experience superior to Apple's offering.

While the WMP-based software is very appealing to traditional PMP users, it is a road-block in the path to MySpace Mobile.

As someone that hates flaming as much as the next guy I would normally agree w/ you....but in this case I think its justified.

The Zune Team NEEDS to hear how pissed off we are to like a flame under their asses and correct these serious issues...

If no one complained how would the Zune Team know their product was pretty unanimously considered sucky?

These are remedial glitches that should've been QA'ed out LONG before this device was brought to market.  But they all tie into the fact that MS is errecting a proprietary wall around Zune to lock you into the Zune Marketplace.  If they didn't want that, they would've just allowed Zune device to play well with WMP which is solid and proven.

Ok ppl we need to keep this thread alive and at the top.  I agree 100 percent.  If it is a matter of the zune marketplace then cant they just add it to me media guide tab on wmp or just make a new tab for zune marketplace.  Anyway keep this thread alive they will have to respond to it sooner or later if not then a petition could easily turn into a boycott.

WMP Supprt For Zune!!!

Consider my name on the petition....but they'll probably never give the Zune WMP support.

REASON: the Zune sw locks you into the Zune Marketplace.....and that means $$$ for Microsoft....at the expense of us users.

It all boils down to dollars....the only way Microsoft will listen is if they're losing $ in Zune sales because the user community is making potential customers go to iPod...or iRiver...or SANdisk...or any of the hundreds of MP3 players that work properly.

I cant believe this wasnt available from the get go.... 

I still keep keep my silly ipod because the music collection in my ZUNE is such a mess.

ALLOW WMP TO WORK WITH ZUNE 2!!!!

yea, what they said!

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 st0icr4ven wrote:

I think instead of everyone being a flaming assbag they should allow the Zune Team to impliment the things they want to impliment properly instead of jumping down their throats and acting as if they are all worthless and incapable of making a solid product.

Doesn't work that way dingleberry! We, the customers, tell the vendors/manufactures what we want. Not the other way around. 6 to 1 Jobs has gotten my wallet's vote. Also, if the 80% market share and this random post are any indication, I'm not the only one:

 stkrgs wrote:

That's exactly why none of my iPods are engraved and why I bought my Zune at Target. Easy returns if anything goes wrong.

Note: NONE of MY IPODS v. My Zune

 st0icr4ven wrote:

...they are all worthless and incapable of making a solid product.

That proof, it would seem, is in the pudding.

 

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Zune 30gb? - Waste! iPod Classic, 160gb - Dusty. iPhone wife has it. iPhone 3g, posting from it. :) Suck it Zune!

I think instead of everyone being a flaming assbag they should allow the Zune Team to impliment the things they want to impliment properly instead of jumping down their throats and acting as if they are all worthless and incapable of making a solid product.

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Hold your breath someone is about to tell the greatest lie EVER!

 st0icr4ven wrote:

there already was a WMP11 for the Zune.......they dropped it

Which is a damn shame because it actually worked ... and well at that ...

As for taking away flexibility from the developers: You think its good business sense to take flexibilty away from the consumer who buys your product  a la version 2?