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- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -4/+114So there is basically zero reason to buy from the iTunes store now, except if you simply don't know any better (and, sure enough, millions of people won't know any better).
- reknaps, on 01/28/2008, -1/+43Thank you for saying it.
That probably angers some... but its true. - adml_shake, on 01/28/2008, -1/+25I've been very happy with their service so far, no DRM, the bitrate was actually half decent. I'll keep buying if they keep supply'en.
- neilk85, on 01/28/2008, -2/+26wow, the same iTunes product but DRM free....time to shut down my iTunes account
hell even for movies, Xbox marketplace has been offering HD content for a while now while iTunes is still lagging there so i really dont get the big iTunes draw. - kazzyD, on 01/28/2008, -2/+21If anyone's curious, it's likely the first countries to get this will be Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France, China, and Japan. See here for details:
http://www.techconsumer.com/2008/01/27/amazon-mp3- ... - Daolohua, on 01/28/2008, -2/+20keep it coming, amazon. I'm loving this
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -0/+17why would they want to downgrade?
- peestandingup, on 01/28/2008, -0/+16Well, what the hell is taking them so long then?? AmazonMP3 has been up for months now, selling their entire library DRM-free. Apple's library of DRM-free is pitiful.
Oh, and wasn't it a little fishy that Apple didn't lower the price of their DRM-free songs back down to $0.99 until Amazon did it first??
I feel the grip of the iTunes/iPod lock in coming to an end soon. - secrity, on 01/28/2008, -3/+18Because few players other than iPods support AAC
- nonymous666, on 01/28/2008, -3/+16I find Amazon's process for purchasing and downloading to be a lot nicer (quciker) than Apple's.
- rand0mm0nkey, on 01/28/2008, -3/+16It's a start. Now get the RIAA out of it so it can be .25 per song and the artist still profits.
- secrity, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12Most portable players play MP3s rather than AAC, why doesn't iTunes store offer the music in MP3 format?
- troye, on 01/28/2008, -0/+12I hope Apple doesn't charge me money to un-DRM my current 500+ songs I have with them.
- saadghauri, on 01/28/2008, -2/+13Awesome, hopefully it will make it here someday. I have always believed that putting country restrictions on online downloads is the stupidest thing ever, the fact that you can serve the whole world is the best part about Internet
(I live in Pakistan) - bageloid, on 01/28/2008, -1/+11all of amazons mp3s are drm free, not just some and you cant tell the difference between a 256kbps aac and mp3.
- bdbr, on 01/28/2008, -1/+10As if you'd really be able to hear the difference at that bitrate.
- logicalnoise, on 01/28/2008, -1/+10me and nearly everyone else on tunecore has pretty much signed up for amazon's service. It costs more for us to get amazon but nearly everyone agrees it's a better place for fans to grab our music.
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -1/+10Linux users: Amazon MP3 Client isnt native but works under WINE if you pass the amazon file to the application through wine. Read Howto at appdb.winehq.org. More howtos will be added later. I personally guarantee that.
- pixelate, on 01/28/2008, -0/+9Transcoding will make them sound worse.
- darkane, on 01/28/2008, -0/+8No, you're wrong. It's 256kbps VBR.
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -0/+8Done and beat. Got any other questions?
- xike, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7Yeah, I spent a few hours converting my iTunes DRM music to mp3's and now buy all my music from Amazon. Feels great to break free from their restrictions.
- renegadeafk, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7yeah but itunes DRM free selection pretty much sucks
- troye, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7Wow, what's it like living in Pakistan.
- secrity, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7For portables; virtually every MP3 player other than iPod plays MP3s. For computers; Windows Media Player. There is no need to convert a file from AAC to MP3 if it is provided in MP3 format.
- bdbr, on 01/28/2008, -0/+7Both. Free music is good for exploring music you don't own yet. DRM-free music is what you want to own.
- epyon180, on 01/28/2008, -1/+7He is saying that there is ZERO reason to buy from itunes and I'm saying that if iTunes has it for the same price why not go for the higher quality content, of course if itunes doesn't have DRM free then my first stop is amazon.
- metalgod79, on 01/28/2008, -4/+10Amazon.com is there anything they can't do?
- Kelmon, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6Who cares? You are a bad person if you plan on uploading your music to P2P services but if you simply want to play your music on your devices then what's the issue? Personally, I have absolutely no problem with the files being watermarked since I'm pretty much the only person who is going to be accessing them.
- nonymous666, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6AAC files aren't as ubiquitously supported as MP3s.
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -0/+6And if they are? It doesn't matter as long as you don't upload the songs to somewhere illegal.
- ssj2119, on 01/28/2008, -2/+7Absolutely Awesome
- troye, on 01/28/2008, -0/+5At this bitrate the differences between codecs should be minimal. Mp3 always had the problem of giving more hiss than usual at lower bitrates (under 128kps), but at this bitrate it's non-existent.
- diggymow, on 01/28/2008, -1/+6Why not Australia! Waaaaaaaaaaaaa, etc.
- inactive, on 01/28/2008, -4/+9You are SEVERELY delusional. You need to get it through your head that Apple does NOT give a ***** about you other than your money. I mean, there are fanboys and there are fanboys, but you are the most pathetic.
- 1awesomeguy, on 08/19/2008, -2/+6Finally!
- Bosox958, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4Amazon.com is the reason i started buying music again...
- Billions, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4Apple did offer DRM-free music before Amazon - for the only label that was willing to risk it at the time, EMI.
I think the problem is the recording industry is mad at Apple because of it's insistence that the songs remain at $.99, and be offered a la carte. I think some of the labels are keeping their DRM-free music off of iTunes as a means to get some bargaining power back against Apple. I'm not so sure we'll be seeing all the labels suddenly allow iTunes to carry the DRM-free music, and I'm also not so sure that Amazon is going to be able to keep their songs at $.99. - Bamborzled, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4Competition is good. I see the anti-Apple people are here again bashing iTMS and Apple, but when you cut out the fanboyism, you get the fact that this will be good for everyone. If Amazon gains significant marketshare because of this, Apple and other music sellers will of course try to sell their music DRM-free. In the end, everyone wins; no "Apple sucks" comments necessary.
- troye, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4It'll get there eventually.
- darkane, on 01/28/2008, -2/+6Way to not know what you're talking about. "128 MP3" doesn't mean anything. And it's not 128kbps, it's 256kbps (average) VBR (variable bit rate). Which means Amazon uses scene standards.
- rkn5555, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4awesome. i found about it about 30 minutes ago on digg. and have already signed up and bout some tunes at .89cents! awesome DRM FREE music .last week i searched all around itunes to try and find how to buy DRM free itunes. couldnt find a single link into the drm free store. could only find the regular files
- heystoopid, on 01/28/2008, -8/+12Oh no looks like Apple will have to go back to the real business of selling rebranded ASUS computers then ?
- huffnpuff, on 01/28/2008, -0/+4I've been using Amazon.com MP3 downloads for a while now and I love it. The interface is a bit clunky and the cart system could be improved (example: it won't allow you to apply credits already on your banked on your Amazon account) but the prices are fantastic. As an example, I downloaded a nature sounds album today for $0.89 (http://www.amazon.com/Relaxing-Rain-Ambience-relax ... and the identical album is $9.99 on iTunes (http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/ ... Yikes! If iTunes doesn't address Amazon as a serious competitive threat, it will lose its foothold as the digital download leader.
- sega01, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3This is definately a step in the right direction, although I wouldn't care for the quality. Flacs-by-donation, RIAA getting the boot, a pair of HiFI-780 cans from Ultrasone, and I would be set :-).
- fkr3, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4Anyone who wants to legally obtain music will win.
- phronko, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4That, and it's sorta, you know, wrong. Especially now that it's actually possible to simultaneously support the artists and be free of ***** DRM.
- sloppychris, on 01/28/2008, -0/+3Amazon needs to get in gear and deliver the long promised native linux version.
- kaffein, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4Unfortunately until the start distributing in FLAC, I'm not buying...
- bluemist, on 01/28/2008, -1/+4If by 'global' they mean these countries only... screw them.
And they wonder why piracy is rampant... -
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