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Comparing Online Music Offerings

Posted by michael on from the now-with-less-gouging dept.

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.""

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  1. Re:the last line says it all by cK-Gunslinger · · Score: 1, Funny

    "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."
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    [ waiting for my +Insightful mod points for simply repeating the last line I just read =P ]

  2. Re:No open formats yet... by mblase · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't know about anyone else, but personally, I'm not using one of these things until they stop putting restrictions on the file usage.

    You know, when Steve Jobs announced that "Hell froze over" when iTunes for Windows was announced, he was just kidding.

  3. Re:the last line says it all by ChuckleBug · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you suggesting that it even takes Microsoft a few tries to break something too?

    When they're trying to do it on purpose. They then need a patch to make their bug work, because it's too buggy.

  4. iShit by sacrilicious · · Score: 3, Funny
    Steve Jobs could shit in his hand and sell it as the iShit for $999 and Mac fanatics would be lining up around the block to buy it.

    I won't pay a penny for it until it supports Ogg Vorbis.

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  5. Re:iTunes good, but not an unbiased source by nate+nice · · Score: 3, Funny

    Steve Jobs could shit in his hand and sell it as the iShit for $999 and Mac fanatics would be lining up around the block to buy it.

    That's a good one, heh. Where can I put in a pre-order? Do I have to pay for the food also?

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