Who's doing this to my internet?

Re:Who's doing this to my internet? by yebyen on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @12:44PM (#9962826)

I don't really think I need to explain any more, but go ahead and look for cheap CDs online and tell me $0.99 per track is a bargain basement price. Half.com has CDs for $2.99 or less section, with many whole CDs coming in under $1. Even Best Buy has a CDs: $5.99 or less section on their website. Those are more like "bargain prices," in my opinion, and those are physical media that had to be shipped in and no doubt you pay extra to get them shipped back out, but (unless you really just wanted to have the one song) it's still cheaper.

I just went on the iTunes store and picked random albums from the front page, a few to be extra thorough, and you know what I found? Most albums are $9.99 or $12.99 with single tracks for $1.29. Maybe it's because I'm browsing "chart toppers" but after clicking through a couple of albums, I honestly don't see any songs for $0.99.

Where can you actually buy music online that is any more expensive than iTunes, if it's such a bargain?

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Re:Who's doing this to my internet? by protomyth on Tuesday July 28, 2015 @01:29PM (#9963144)

The bargain basement part came from sound quality and being able to buy single songs. Apple's iTunes does have $.69 and $.79 songs along with bargain album prices of $6.99 (on the front page with links to cheap albums under the category headings near the bottom of the front page).

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