Leaving the slow download speed complaints aside (regarding Apple’s newest iOS) it’s clear that the Cloud is an ever-increasingly integrated / prevalent feature of their entire eco-system. Said strategy raises two issues: one) it’s clear that the firm is focusing less and less on the iPod; and; two) in light of the on-going NSA surveillance dust-up in America (let alone what goes on globally) do consumers really want to place their data in the hands of those that parse it?
(Source) Business Week: http://goo.gl/fsBfPS