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iTunes more like Amazon now

post #1 of 6
1/6/09 at 2:45pm
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So everyone's heard the news today that iTunes will start competing with Amazon's 256kbps, DRM-free song downloads? Like Amazon, iTunes will now be 256kbps, DRM-free.

Everything on iTunes that used to be DRM'd or used to be available at the old 128kbps will be upgraded to 256kbps by April.

iTunes will be ever-so-slightly better quality since it uses AAC rather than mp3 but essentially they're now on equal footing.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/06itunes.html
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post #2 of 6
1/7/09 at 6:06am

Re: iTunes more like Amazon now

Itunes still uses a proprietary format and a proprietary "management" front end which places an extroardiary usage burden on people who do not use Apple's proprietary hardware.

Baby steps. I still won't use Itunes unless there are specific songs which are not availabe in any other format.
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post #3 of 6
1/7/09 at 6:29pm

Re: iTunes more like Amazon now

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post #4 of 6
1/8/09 at 5:34am

Re: iTunes more like Amazon now

How about Rihanna?
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post #5 of 6
1/10/09 at 5:18pm
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Re: iTunes more like Amazon now

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Originally Posted by Philip Hamm
Itunes still uses a proprietary format

I'm pretty sure AAC is not proprietary. Even the Zune plays them. It is just not as widely supported as its predecessor mp3. I like it because they learned from mp3 and made it better.
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post #6 of 6
1/11/09 at 4:15pm

Re: iTunes more like Amazon now

I like their new DRM rule, now things'll be much better and cheaper
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