Digital Music Stores Reviewed

Kozz writes "If you've thought about trying the new Napster 2.0, or perhaps MusicMatch, or even WAL*MART music service, you really need to read this review at BBspot.com. Brian takes a break from his standard satire fare and writes a comprehensive review not only of the previously mentioned stores, but also of BuyMusic.com, eMusic, Apple iTunes, and RealOne Rhapsody. It breaks down the features of each service, the prices, restrictions, general pros and cons, and really gives you an idea of which one(s) you should try depending on your needs."

Comments

Re:Wal-Mart?

[Anonymous Coward]

Something in the back of my head is echoing that soft warning that I always hear when I think of wal-mart. Watch, they'll undercut and dominate this market place too.

Its going to be hard to undercut free. But if wal-mart ever start paying people to download mp3s, I'll be there.

I found a great new music service!

[east coast]

It's called Kazaa. They have tons of MP3s, games and p0rn all for free! They're just giving it away. It's great.

BTW: Hot Tip! Check out that Metallica band. They have lots of stuff on Kazaa and it all rocks!

Re:How about... none.

[satanami69]

No joke. This /. crowd seems to have some sort of ADD..ohh shiny.

Re:Highly Windows-Centric

[_spider_]

Agreed.

I have had only one problem with my Itunes for windows, its too easy to spend a bunch on music (I spent $120 on itunes last month!)

I also think that the sharing of playlists from different people over the network is really cool.

Itunes streaming music

[MrLint]

"Who does not want to use iTunes?
Someone who wants a player to listen to their .wma files. Someone with a digital music player other than an iPod. Someone who wants streaming music"

Dammit you mean all that streaming music i have been listening to in iTunes was in my head the whole time. Well at least im a lot more creative than i thought i was:)

Re:Wal-Mart?

[Doppler00]

All those pickles... wasted!

Re:Wal-Mart?

[Saeger]

Psst.

You didn't hear it from me, but Wal-Mart is in secret talks with Sony to produce walking Greeter Robots, Checkout Clerk Robots, Stockboy Robots, Cleanup Robots, and Union-Buster Robots! In related news, McDonalds is laying off 95% of their human resource grunts to be replaced by Burger Flipping Bots, and Spit-in-a-Cops-Burger Bots.

Getting rid of all those pesky human employees means much, much lower prices for... for... hey, where did all the customers go? Waiting in breadlines?

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Re:How about... none.

[IthnkImParanoid]

Hypocrisy sucks, pick a stance and stick with it.

Yeah! Come on slashdot! I know I'm talking to 750,000 unique visitors to this site, each their own unique combination of cultural, social, and genetic influences shaped by widely differing personal history, but can't you collectively reach a decision?!

It's so damn hypocritical when one /.er says something, and another comes along and contradicts it when placed in a slightly different context. I mean, look at the Borg. THEY never have a difference of opinion! Why can't you be more like the Borg?

[/sarcasm]

Hey, if you cloned someone 750,000 times, I bet you couldn't get every clone to agree with any one opinion, let alone 750,000 individuals.