Comments on: So Long Itunes – Or, How I Diversified My Music Expenditures http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com/2008/03/04/so-long-itunes-or-how-i-diversified-my-music-expenditures.html Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:11:40 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eugy http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com/2008/03/04/so-long-itunes-or-how-i-diversified-my-music-expenditures.html/comment-page-1#comment-133042 Eugy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:30:31 +0000 http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com/2008/03/04/so-long-itunes-or-how-i-diversified-my-music-expenditures.html#comment-133042 I use Qbox.com to listen to music at work. While it's not a download service and you can't buy the music, it's a great way to listen to music and with their emotional link feature you can discover new music that's right in tune with your preferences. I use Qbox.com to listen to music at work. While it’s not a download service and you can’t buy the music, it’s a great way to listen to music and with their emotional link feature you can discover new music that’s right in tune with your preferences.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com/2008/03/04/so-long-itunes-or-how-i-diversified-my-music-expenditures.html/comment-page-1#comment-132422 anonymous Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:54:20 +0000 http://www.everybodylovesyourmoney.com/2008/03/04/so-long-itunes-or-how-i-diversified-my-music-expenditures.html#comment-132422 I'm through with the iTunes store. Amazon's offering is just as good, and without DRM. The final straw? My dad had been buying music at the iTunes store for a couple years. He had probably $1K worth, and then he died. My siblings and I wanted to hear what he'd been listening to, but because we didn't have his password, we couldn't. His music went with him. That's just an anecdote, but the real problem is that you don't *own* anything you buy from the iTunes store. You can listen to it only when Apple gives you permission. A few weeks back a server change at Apple locked out lots of users from their accounts. The result? We couldn't listen to our music, because we couldn't get authorized. Lame. So now Amazon exclusively gets my digital music dollar. I’m through with the iTunes store. Amazon’s offering is just as good, and without DRM.

The final straw? My dad had been buying music at the iTunes store for a couple years. He had probably $1K worth, and then he died. My siblings and I wanted to hear what he’d been listening to, but because we didn’t have his password, we couldn’t. His music went with him.

That’s just an anecdote, but the real problem is that you don’t *own* anything you buy from the iTunes store. You can listen to it only when Apple gives you permission. A few weeks back a server change at Apple locked out lots of users from their accounts. The result? We couldn’t listen to our music, because we couldn’t get authorized.

Lame. So now Amazon exclusively gets my digital music dollar.

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