iTunes Plus tracks getting price drop?
[304 byte] By [S2_Mac] at [2007-11-11 21:38:38] 
Kinda surprised no one's talking this one up (or did I miss it)? According to an Ars Technica journal entry (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/10/15/itunes-plus-drm-free-tracks-expanding-dropping-to-99-cents), DRM-free tracks will be dropping to $0.99 in a day or two. En garde, Amazon!
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# 1 Re: iTunes Plus tracks getting price drop?
I too am confounded by why this is not getting more air time in the forum. have i missed something? did apple announce a price drop, or did they do it quitely? when did this happen? i mean, it's great... certainly not complaining.. is this their way of slowly introducing drm-free songs? if so, i'm all for it. i'd still pay a little more for _lossless_ quality though, as I can definitely hear the difference.BurnabyGuy at 2007-11-15 17:07:16 >
# 2 Re: iTunes Plus tracks getting price drop?
i'm wondering if this happened b/c they'll be offering higher bitrate music in the future? wouldn't THAT be cool.miTunes75 at 2007-11-15 17:08:27 >
# 3 Re: iTunes Plus tracks getting price drop?
i'm wondering if this happened b/c they'll be offering higher bitrate music in the future? wouldn't THAT be cool.I've just noticed that the PLUS tracks are 99 cents. I've heard that they will be announcing the addition of more record companies signing on to release the unprotected higher bitrate tracks.
I suspect also that they lowered the price of PLUS tracks because of Amazon's new digital music which is higher bitrate MP3 (usually 256Kbps). They don't have much of a selection, though.
But now I wonder ... if the PLUS tracks now cost the same as the protected tracks, why am I still being charged 30 cents per track that I upgrade?
chippe01 at 2007-11-15 17:09:27 >
# 4 Re: iTunes Plus tracks getting price drop?
I've just noticed that the PLUS tracks are 99 cents. I've heard that they will be announcing the addition of more record companies signing on to release the unprotected higher bitrate tracks.I suspect also that they lowered the price of PLUS tracks because of Amazon's new digital music which is higher bitrate MP3 (usually 256Kbps). They don't have much of a selection, though.
But now I wonder ... if the PLUS tracks now cost the same as the protected tracks, why am I still being charged 30 cents per track that I upgrade?
Because that's the way it is. I look at it this way. It's still a "new" product. You are asked to pay a percentage to unlock it.
Sure I suppose they could have offered the free upgrade, but they didn't. Not everything in life is free. If I buy a CD two months ago at 9.99 and the same CD comes out later that is higher quality at the same price, I'm not allowed to simply have the new CD for free, so the 30 cents is a bargin for not having to buy it all over again.
studogvetmed at 2007-11-15 17:10:21 >
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