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Online Music Stores Compared

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the addictions-i-have-managed-to-avoid dept.

prostoalex writes "DesignTechnica has a comparison of the leading online music stores. With the variety of services available they only concentrated on several top ones. Conclusion? 'If you simply want to download music from the charts, then Yahoo and Wal-Mart are your cheapest options. For your MP3 player, there are several options, with Yahoo the best of all. If you're an iPod owner... then you're stuck with iTunes.'"

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  1. Stuck, huh? by gandell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Stuck" with the most popular online music store?
    Poor, poor us.

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  2. Wow even posters do not RTFA by thebdj · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But the real trick up Harmony's sleeve is its digital rights management (DRM) technology, which allows it to support virtually every kind of mp3 player - including the iPod

    Of course I still believe in the ripping CDs myself method. If I want music I still want my little piece of plastic, especially since entire albums still cost about the same.

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  3. "Stuck" with iTunes? by TomHandy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Give me a break..... as an iPod owner, I don't feel "stuck" with the iTunes Music Store. It makes it sound like the iTMS is a piece of junk that we're "stuck" with. Personally I love the user experience of the iTMS and love all of the little nice touches.