RSSiTunes Lowers Price of DRM-Free Tracks
By the Betanews Staff | Published October 16, 2007, 12:18 PM
Apple has silently dropped the price of its DRM-free iTunes Plus tracks, which come as 256kbps AAC. Instead of $1.29, the tracks will cost the same as standard songs with DRM: 99-cents. The move is seemingly in response to Amazon's launch of its DRM-free music store that sells 256kbps MP3s for between 89 cents to 99 cents each.
Although the iTunes Plus songs were individually $1.29, Apple usually sold full iTunes Plus albums at the same price as their DRM counterpart. The company is expected to make an official announcement Wednesday, along with bulking up its DRM-free offering with additional independent labels.
I'd still rather have MP3's over AAC. MP3's will play in any MP3 player, not just iPods and maybe two other players that may be compatible. And I don't have to have that horrible iTunes installed on my computer.
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|^This^
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|Some are $.99 and most are still $1.29.
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|There you go....the beginning of the iEnd. Apple didn't call this shot, the industry called it and they had to respond.
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|"iEnd"
Die.
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|iDie?
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|Yes, you die.
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|He could be a vampire. You never know.
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|I wonder how long it'll be before the first idiot cries foul, citing the fact they paid $1.29 last weekend, etc.
Followed by demands for a refund.
I also wonder if this price change will be reflected on UK iTunes? If not, UK pricing will suddenly appear even more of a rip-off than it already is.
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|Your ignorance speaks volumes. "laughs"
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|Yeah, no-one would ever sue over something stupid...
Oh, wait...
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|"I also wonder if this price change will be reflected on UK iTunes?"
Don't be silly. Of course it won't.
We UK citizens are already lubed up. We did go in to the US's farcical war without being asked, remember.
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|Hey PC_TOOL
I bet your Steve Ballmer in disguise
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|/poking fun at ya................
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|lol, except for us Americans.
So pathetic.
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|Nope. Not even "Fake" Steve Ballmer.
Perhaps I could be somewhat related. 6 degrees and all that jazz...
I should try to hit him up for a few mil.
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