Original version of this story had the end line cut off (https://twitter.com/gruber/status/453598509191929856). If this was an app, it would either have been rejected (for iOS) or need an update. Gruber didn't need to ask anyone for permission to fix it or having everyone download an update. He just fixed it, the one canonical version that everyone will see going forward. That is why I don't want to rethink what we mean by mobile web.
Seems like a fair tradeoff to trade actually owning 8 songs a month for access to millions of songs to me (obviously this is a matter of personal taste). Spotify seems more fair to me than iTunes when it comes to the actual model of the business. With Spotify, the artist is paid according to how much I listen to it, so a song I play constantly is rewarded more than a song that I listen to once or twice. With iTunes, these songs would be rewarded equally. The actual money seen by the artist may tilt towards iTunes currently, but that could just be inertia as the music industry is changing.
How is that frightening? Knowing the proper situation to use a firearm is obviously paramount, but I'd rather cops also be accurate after the decision to use a gun is made.