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Comparing Online Music Offerings
hype7 writes "The Wall Street Journal has just posted a comparison of the three main legal music download services: Apple's iTunes Music Store, MusicMatch and Napster v2. The review covers the pros and cons of each of the services, and concludes with: "I'm sure all three services will evolve and get better, and others will enter the fray. But, for now, iTunes is the best choice on Windows.""
Seriously, in the age of Kazaa and other free P2P does anyone actually still use Napster? I mean really now... anyone?
I agree 100%
They are charging $1 per song. This is without manufacturing costs (albumn art, case and cd) and smaller distribution costs than a regular CD. This is with a lossy format instead of the higher quality original. And on top of this they are sticking DRM on there? Get real.
I want MP3's. That's what my SliMP3 understands and what I will use. I don't want to pay $1 for an inferior product either. Until songs hit 50 cents, and the DRM is gone, they are not going to see a real market explosion.
For some reason, corporations in this country seem to believe that they can tell the customer what to do, rather than the other way around.
When DirecTV or my cable company does something to tick me off, what can I do? I have no legal recourse; the government has seen to that. I do have an economic recourse however. I can choose to walk away. When enough people walk away, the company stops being quite so stupid.
Intuit learned their lesson with TurboTax. Cell phone companies actually have to listen to customer complaints because competition is so stiff. Eventually, the recording industry will catch on. Let's hope it comes sooner rather than later.
-sirket