Comments on: Amazon MP3

By: Kieran

Kieran — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:16:59 +0000

It looks like they raised the price to $.99 now . . . too bad, just one more reason they had a leg up on iTunes until they did that.

By: Marktopia » Blog Archive » iTunes/Amazon Showdown

Marktopia » Blog Archive » iTunes/Amazon Showdown — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:35:29 +0000

[...] am finally getting around to testing out the Amazon MP3 store, as referenced by Techory (among lots of others) last week,Â and figured it would be best to compare experiences with iTunes [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:52:19 +0000

Another great step in the right direction. The files are encoded with the LAME encoder (which is great). The files are watermarked, but only to identify that they have been downloaded from Amazon, not with personal information. I was a bit disappointed with the selection, but I’ve never shopped I-tunes so I can’t really compare. As Scott already said, good price, DRM free, and competition for I-tunes. Go Amazon!

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:59:24 +0000

I think this is the results of the music industry trying to break Apple’s back. They must be giving better deals to some of these other players (Amazon, Wal-Mart). Plus some of the labels available at Amazon right now are NOT DRM-free in the iTunes Music Store. It should be interesting to watch and see if Apple continues to dominate the portable media player market when/if the iTunes Music Store isn’t the best deal for buying music.

By: Kieran

Kieran — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:49:22 +0000

Holy cow, $0.89 AND DRM-free? Buh-bye market share to iTunes! That’s an amazing rate, and even iTunes lacks in selection, so I suppose it’s just a matter of time before Amazon hits critical mass with this . . .