Comments on: Apple threatens to dump iTunes if music prices rise

By: Dee

Dee — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:45:20 +0000

At least SOMEONE is growing a sack and rebelling against ridiculous price increases “just because”.

I don’t see any music artists going broke on their YACHTS on the gossip websites…maybe they shouldn’t be so greedy, or people might be inclined to not purchase as much music, and they would have to rely on *GASP!*…actually working!!! i.e. Live concerts!!

By: Dragod

Dragod — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:36:09 +0000

I can see it now; Piracy rises and the search “Free MP3s” rises on Google.

iTunes, Zune, and other digital distributors need to learn from Valve’s Steam… Offer deal weekends for artists or albums, don’t make the DRM intrusive and alienating, don’t treat potential customers as potential pirates (Zune paying a “Piracy tax” comes to mind), Make the idea of owning the product attractive rather than saying “take it or leave it.”, offer GOOD service.

I had a fraudulent charge on my CC from someone using it to buy a $100 pack on Steam; I emailed them and had the whole thing resolved in about 2 days.

Also, this may be just me, but I don’t understand why iTunes, Zune, Amazon MP3, etc, don’t offer different bitrates (free of charge, not Apple’s DRM-free solution). Educate the consumer (or just make it brain-dead simple; “Click the capacity of your device”) about bitrates and how they affect sound quality vs. space used. 128kbps is just unacceptable, especially at $1/song.

The value factor just isn’t there when it comes to purchasing the music legally.

By: rich

rich — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:34:12 +0000

The reason why prices are low, is so that people who pirate because they don’t think it is worth £14 for 12 songs will pay £3 for the same 12 so by increasing price of downloads, won’t that just push more people back into pirating?

By: Mar

Mar — Fri, 29 May 2009 05:52:29 +0000

And most internet users will remain completely unaffected either way as they are still pirating away despite all efforts to stop them.

By: John

John — Tue, 26 May 2009 03:59:21 +0000

And what do we end up gettting?
APPLE RAISING THE FUCKING PRICE OF ALL DECENT SONGS BY 30 CENTS!!!!
Way to stick it to the man Apple. You really showed em!

By: Ryuu

Ryuu — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 04:20:34 +0000

Good to see that apple is fighting the RIAA… At least Indie musik stays relatively low in price…