For example, Viva La Vida by Coldplay and Love Lockdown by Kanye West are both 79 cents on Amazon while Apple sells them for 99 cents. Nothing over 99 cents like the $1.29 Apple will charge for some songs.Īnd its not just obscure songs available for. I’ll be happy to be able to purchase those at 256kbps AAC…sure its lossy, but with such a high bitrate and good codec, I doubt I could tell the difference.Īpple is playing catch-up to Its pure ignorance as to why people have been purchasing songs from iTunes over Amazon.Īll of the songs on Amazon are DRM free, 256kbps MP3 files and range in price from 79 cents to 99 cents. There are cases where lesser-known artists will make deals with iTunes, and its either that or a pricey import CD. I don’t really listen to that kind of music (and the music I like is more album-oriented), so it doesn’t interest me that much. Now people have a choice of paying the (increased) price of $1.29 for the two tracks ($2.58), or paying $16 for the CD. Major labels still command 84% of music sales, and their model is typically ‘two good songs and 8-10 tracks of filler’. The 2008 music sales data show a significant trend toward digital singles, and away from albums. I suspect Apple wants to keep as much proprietary music on peoples’ computers as possible. Its not as if people have to upgrade “to play what they already have” the old stuff still works the same as it always did. The 33% charge for “upgrading” current kind of stinks, though. You’re only telling half the story, though - some of the music prices are going up, some are going down to 69¢. As long as the masses mindlessly follow iTunes’ bull, the price will climb, sure thing.
An MP3 is a facsimile, a compressed lossy image of the real thing, what you can buy off the original CD at the going rate of just under a dollar a track.
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