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Friday, October 19th, 2007

Amazon vs iTunes

On a whim today I went looking for this album Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner. Amazon has it in 256 kbps variable bit rate mp3, which is what I usually import CDs in. It’s $8.99 and DRM free.

iTunes also has the album but not in the iTunes Plus DRM free variety. It’s also $11.99. So while I own an iPod and have bought several hundred tracks from the iTunes store in the past, I’m taking the plunge and going with Amazon on this one. Competition is good.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 19th, 2007 at 8:06 am and is filed under Information Technology, Mac/Apple and Of Interest Online. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

2 Responses to “Amazon vs iTunes”

  1. Jack Lail Says:
    October 19th, 2007 at 8:32 am

    And Amazon has got the customer experience for iTunes users nailed. It’s not any harder than using Applie’s store and it’s cheaper. Go figure!

  2. Sonja Bakker Says:
    February 17th, 2008 at 5:14 pm

    Sure, Amazon is great, although for me it is a pity that’s not available outside the US. So,no DRM free msic for me :(

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