Subscription-Based Music

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

If there is an album that I want, absolutely I would purchase it on CD.

For those singles from singers or groups where I only like that song, I go to the iTMS.

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BEHOLD!

The Truth.

I don't really see Napster's service as being any different with the way movie rental chains are doing now - pay a monthly fee and watch all the movies you want. Main problems with this though is while I may only watch a movie once or twice I'll listen to music many times over, and if I'm looking for samples of artists there are cheaper and just as easy ways to get them.

Apple's owning everyone right now, Meach. :)

Stock's splitting March 1st for the first time since '00, I think. Maybe earlier. After the drop, I'm sure it'll still be above MS, though.

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Originally Posted by The_Meach

Just d/l'ed iTunes and dropped $50 on pop songs by hot girls.

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Let me get this straight. You spent $50 to turn off the picture of the hot girls and rather to listen to them? You have it all backwards, my friend. Pop horse shit was meant to be watched with the TV on mute, so you can oogle without having to listen. And that doesn't cost $50.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Let me get this straight. You spent $50 to turn off the picture of the hot girls and rather to listen to them? You have it all backwards, my friend. Pop horse shit was meant to be watched with the TV on mute, so you can oogle without having to listen. And that doesn't cost $50.

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Maybe he thinks Nora Jones is hot.

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Originally Posted by Yoshi

Let me get this straight. You spent $50 to turn off the picture of the hot girls and rather to listen to them? You have it all backwards, my friend. Pop horse shit was meant to be watched with the TV on mute, so you can oogle without having to listen. And that doesn't cost $50.

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Or maybe he's dating them all and just wanted to show some support. Nothing better than, "Hey, Jessica, does your husband buy your songs of iTunes Music Store? Didn't think so. Now let's dance... the naughty way."

Is there any advantage to spending a dollar a song for music over, say, downloading it for free with something like kazaa lite other than perhaps ethical reasons? I'm being serious here. But from where I'm sitting it sounds like a rip off cause you'd have to spend thousands of dollars to have a decent music collection.

Not that I don't try to support musicians when I can. I go to about a concert a month and I buy new CDs that are worth $12.

Well, you avoid spyware, etc.

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Originally Posted by Tragic

Well, you avoid spyware, etc.

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I dont get that stuff...just worried about the RIAA.

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Originally Posted by Kinopio

Is there any advantage to spending a dollar a song for music over, say, downloading it for free with something like kazaa lite other than perhaps ethical reasons? I'm being serious here. But from where I'm sitting it sounds like a rip off cause you'd have to spend thousands of dollars to have a decent music collection.

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Aside from ethical reasons, I've rarely gotten a song that was of the advertised bitrate or didn't have encoding errors (blips, anyone) from places like old-school Napster or Kazaa. I would rather buy the CD and rip the disc myself because I know I'll do it properly. Or, I'll download from the iTMS because I haven't gotten a skip there yet and I can re-encode the file to whatever I want after I burn it.