techcrunch.com— Which subscription music service is better? AOL, Napster, Yahoo!, Rhapsody, or Virgin Digital? Techcrunch compares!
Apr 11, 2006View in Crawl 4
If I really like the artist I will buy the cd, but I usually just borrow cd's from friends or go through what they have on their computer and if I see what I like I get it. I too do not like renting music, I use itunes music store if all else fails, they have the best selection.
I understand the viewpoint.I like compare it to when I did not have a TiVo. Once you go Rhapsody (OR Yahoo for that matter) it is very hard to go back. Untill my friend let me use his Rhapsody account I had no idea.
You're all missing the best service: <a class="user" href="http://www.thepiratebay.org.">http://www.thepiratebay.org.</a> The not-for-free alternatives will die. There's no market other than one temporarily forced by scaremongering and racketeering tactics; you can't charge for downloading an mp3 in the future, just as you won't be able to charge for a phone call.
This is a faulty review.(I have Rhapsody, but i dont know about the others...)FIRSTLY: Rhapsody gives wma audio encoded at 160kbps for subscription, and 192kbs Real Audio for purchases. SECONDLY: you can use an iPod with Rhapsody, but not the "subscription" package - you have to pay 89cents per song.THIRDLY: the music purchase is 89cents. they changed it from version 2.0 to 3.0, with the ability to have subscription downloads on your computer. cd burns with ver 2.0 were 79cents a song and were OK quality. the new files are great quality.I believe that Napster works the same way, with the same prices.EDIT: oh, yeah. use "tunebite" to take care of DRM. works great. google it (or torrentspy it...)
dekkerdApr 11, 2006
Dugg for the fact there's not much to compare. Never a big fan of renting music...
flamingmbApr 12, 2006
If I really like the artist I will buy the cd, but I usually just borrow cd's from friends or go through what they have on their computer and if I see what I like I get it. I too do not like renting music, I use itunes music store if all else fails, they have the best selection.
woncarlozApr 12, 2006
I understand the viewpoint.I like compare it to when I did not have a TiVo. Once you go Rhapsody (OR Yahoo for that matter) it is very hard to go back. Untill my friend let me use his Rhapsody account I had no idea.
falconwingApr 12, 2006
You're all missing the best service: <a class="user" href="http://www.thepiratebay.org.">http://www.thepiratebay.org.</a> The not-for-free alternatives will die. There's no market other than one temporarily forced by scaremongering and racketeering tactics; you can't charge for downloading an mp3 in the future, just as you won't be able to charge for a phone call.
andrew522Apr 12, 2006
This is a faulty review.(I have Rhapsody, but i dont know about the others...)FIRSTLY: Rhapsody gives wma audio encoded at 160kbps for subscription, and 192kbs Real Audio for purchases. SECONDLY: you can use an iPod with Rhapsody, but not the "subscription" package - you have to pay 89cents per song.THIRDLY: the music purchase is 89cents. they changed it from version 2.0 to 3.0, with the ability to have subscription downloads on your computer. cd burns with ver 2.0 were 79cents a song and were OK quality. the new files are great quality.I believe that Napster works the same way, with the same prices.EDIT: oh, yeah. use "tunebite" to take care of DRM. works great. google it (or torrentspy it...)