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iTunes Prices
Hi have you noticed that albums on iTunes have gone up a lot in price! A deluxe edition will set you back £12.99, even Beyonces last album is selling for £13.99 in the UK
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I noticed this.. I was going to Purchase Nicki Minaj's album only to see its £14!
I'd be cheaper buying the CD. |
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I bought Anaconda off the album a while back so it will now cost me £13 to buy the rest of the album which I won't be doing at that price!
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It's becoming more expensive to buy downloads than cds
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That's why non-gullible people use Spotify.
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That's why non-gullible people use Spotify.
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iTunes should be selling files in lossless format. Why should the audio quality not rise in tandem with the price rises?
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That's why non-gullible people use Spotify.
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That's why non-gullible people use Spotify.
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I'm glad I kept all my CDs. So many people seem to be getting rid of them now, to 'save space' or whatever.
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I notice they charge VAT and email you an actual invoice these days, very odd.
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I notice they charge VAT and email you an actual invoice these days, very odd.
Th only time I've downloaded full album was during Google Plays 99p offers. I don't think I could justify spending £10-£15 on music downloads. Just buy the CD. |
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They always have.
Th only time I've downloaded full album was during Google Plays 99p offers. I don't think I could justify spending £10-£15 on music downloads. Just buy the CD. One good reason to buy physically and not digitally. |
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Amazon now offer an MP3 download of an album when you buy a physical copy. I got Mark Ronson's new album for £6.99 meaning that I can listen to the MP3 download on my iPod now while I wait on the physical to arrive. That's cheaper than buying the album from iTunes and I still get the physical copy too.
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Amazon now offer an MP3 download of an album when you buy a physical copy. I got Mark Ronson's new album for £6.99 meaning that I can listen to the MP3 download on my iPod now while I wait on the physical to arrive. That's cheaper than buying the album from iTunes and I still get the physical copy too.
This isn't available for all CDs though sadly. I've ordered a couple from Amazon and an MP3 copy wasn't available. |
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I won't migrate to streaming services until they are CD quality or better. Also, I use a lot of music for video editing, and so for now I'm stuck with maintaining my own digital music library of files. I agree that iTunes has become a less attractive piece of software over the years. It seems overly system resource-hungry when operating a large library, and is a lot slower to commence playing a file than a simple media player like VLC.
Spotify uses 3 quality ratings for streaming, all in the Ogg Vorbis format. ~96 kbps Normal quality on mobile. ~160 kbps Desktop and web player standard quality. High quality on mobile. ~320 kbps (only available to Premium subscribers) Desktop high quality. Extreme quality on mobile. |
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IMO there is something seriously wrong when the price of a download is greater than the CD. iTunes pricing takes the piss.
I think Amazon have the best idea. Buy a CD, get the download for free. Best of both worlds. Download doesn't really affect me because i'll just rip my own CDs, but if you're lucky Amazon AutoRip occasionally include extra tracks. This is particuarly true of single bundles.
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Love having my cd still buy them!
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I can understand downloading individual tracks as it's cheaper than buying the CD but if you want the whole album, unless it's much cheaper as a download, you are better off with the CD. It's very easy to get a CD on your phone by using iTunes or similar software on your computer and they are independent of the whims of Apple, Microsoft etc. You also get something physical to collect.
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I noticed this.. I was going to Purchase Nicki Minaj's album only to see its £14!
I'd be cheaper buying the CD. |
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£9.99 on Amazon and you get the AutoRip mp3 version as well as the CD.
Amazon are getting expensive for music as well....perhaps it is to do with them having to start paying proper taxes now. |
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Each to their own, but I've never found anything to which I want to listen that wasn't available free on YouTube.
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Each to their own, but I've never found anything to which I want to listen that wasn't available free on YouTube.
Only problem is that YT not really great for mobile phones as videos eat data like nobodies business, and the audio quality will always be at the lower end of the scale. Spotify does have an extreme quality audio which is as good as if not better than CD quality on it's premium service. I just can't understand why people use I-tunes at all, a complete con. |
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This is also true, the biggest library of music out there. Being a Spotify user I use Youtube to get my Taylor Swift fix.
Only problem is that YT not really great for mobile phones as videos eat data like nobodies business, and the audio quality will always be at the lower end of the scale. Spotify does have an extreme quality audio which is as good as if not better than CD quality on it's premium service. I just can't understand why people use I-tunes at all, a complete con. |
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This is why no-gullible people don't pay at all.
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