Apple Music Store Addict
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- CyBrainX0
My logic is not to boycott buying CDs. I only did that during the Napster litigation, but that's a slightly different issue.
My point is that CDs cost about $17. Figure you get about 15 songs. So you're already paying about $1 per song anway. The expense of distributing these thiings is mostly packaging. Now, you're buying only the songs and not even the plastic they would have come from. Therefore, you're saving the record labels a shitload of money.
Sure, I have to open a program to download from http://www.emusic.com, but it's one application away from iTunes. Compare that few seconds of minor inconvenience while you're still sitting at your computer to the limitations of not being able to switch to as many computers as you want and having this new proprietary format.
I would never condemn iTunes as a piece of software. It's a fantastic program and nothing compares to it. I just have a problem with Apple for playing into the wrong hands. They may just as easily be betrayed by the same people who sue college students for sharing tunes. You have to watch who you get into bed with.