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Re:CD sales grow for first time since 2004 by opan on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:49PM (#30644289)
Maybe I'm being pedantic, but CDs are higher quality than MP3 usually. You can rip losslessly to WAV or FLAC and preserve the original. MP3 is lossy and will be a lesser version.
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Re:CD sales grow for first time since 2004 by HNDen21 on Friday March 11, 2022 @01:55PM (#30644394)
when you buy a CD from amazon.. for lots of them, you can download the MP3s right away after you paid for it
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Re:CD sales grow for first time since 2004 by jolmg on Friday March 11, 2022 @03:55PM (#30645889)
Didn't know that. It's a weird disparity that you can't download a PDF when you bought a book. You get an online book viewer instead. I would have expected them to likewise stream the audio if anything, or require you to use their app to listen to it.
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