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iTunes Expands In Europe
jawtheshark writes "I found just out today that Apple launched the iTunes store in serveral more European countries. Countries include : Austria, Belgium, Finland, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. Apparently it launched 26 october 2004, making this a late submission. Articles at cdfreaks.com and AppleInsider "
Steve Jobs is apparently back at the helm of the long-beleagered computer maker...
/. to actually post it? WTF? Where the F have you been the last month?
Come on, it's one this for an individual to not be aware of this and submit the story, but for
Back when they announced this, they said they'll be coming to Canada in November. Technically, they still have two more weeks, but it's coming.
Some stuff that bothers me in iTMS Belgium:
- our music selection is a fraction of that of the US
- people in Belgium also speak Dutch (63% of them) and German. French is cool, but not everyone understands it.
- we are all the fun categories? House, Techno, Lounge, Acid?
- World music? Where's our own Helmut Lotti (yech!!)
Errr... maybe because they have to pay the European labels, the employees, the bandwith and all the infrastructure in Euros, you think??
It would be stupid if they charge 99 US cents when they have to pay 60 Eurocents to labels and 20 Eurocents to credit card payments, etc., wouldn't it?
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