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1. Comment - Yahoo Music Service Challenges iTunes

   (May 13, 2005 - 4:50 PM)

   I just tried out the new Yahoo service last night after being a member of Musicmatch for several months now. On the plus side I liked that I was able to find artists and tracks that weren't available on Musicmatch. However the downside was BIG. I don't know if it's the fact that Yahoo uses the Janus DRM from Microsoft, but before every track play I would have 15 to 30 seconds of dead air before the song would start. Talk about a party killer. It looked just like the Windows Media Player trying to buffer. Perhaps a little forwared thinking could buffer your whole playlist. Than at least you'd only have to put up with it once.
   
   This is something that Yahoo will have to fix before I would consider switching, even with the 50% price difference appeal. Not like it matters since they own music match too.