Amazon opens their MP3 store today, yes a MP3 store. I didn’t say MP3 service because they don’t have a service for you, they just sell you the MP3 eg. let you download it, thats it game over nothing more nothing less. They don’t have a music player to go with it, they don’t have a specific MP3 player you have to buy to play it on the go. They guarantee it to work with anything that plays Mp3’s… why because there is no DRM, Finally!
Lets get the record straight and state that I do use iTunes… I have a iPhone, I have to. I do not have a iTunes store account, I was tempted to sign up for one to get the album covers downloaded for me but then it wanted my CC#. No thank you.
So, will this convert me to a music buying guy?! I looked for some of my favorite artists on Amazon MP3 and found one cd by Atmosphere… It was god loves ugly, a classic but I got it already.
Will the iTunes WiFi Store convert me?! Time will tell, I highly doubt it. I am not that much of a compulsive buyer. I may change with music but who know how long my friends may take to get past the new firmware. I may never upgrade past iPhone 1.0.2.
On the amazonmp3 top chart look what we have at number 2, excuse me it is now #1:
1234 by Feist
One two three four tell me why you love me more….
That just so happens to be the AdTune for Apples new iPod Nano Video, I don’t know the price in iTunes… most likely 99 cents, but on Amazon the free download is 10 cents cheaper and is VBR 256 kilobits per second DRM FREE! Take that apple, I know they sell $1.29 DRM free track but that is only with one record label to my knowledge.
To sum it up I think we are moving along quite well, the internet is great. It allows competition and also things to get done very quickly. If I ever have a hard time finding some free tracks for music I just have to have I think amazonmp3 is the go to guy here, when the time comes I will let you know!
Thank you Amazon for taking a step in the right direction, thank you record labels for allowing DRM Free MP3 downloads!
