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Amazon to Apple: Stop the Lock-In

The war has started between the two As - Apple and Amazon. I just gave Amazon MP3 a try and it works splendidly.

They are selling current chart music in the US at 89¢ per track (cheaper albums too), and delivering it directly into iTunes in MP3 format. And just to add insult to injury, they let me test the service with a free track from "The Apples in Stereo", as if to ask why iTMS is still in mono and offering less for more.

A very welcome challenge timed just around the point when lots of us are asking whether Apple has turned out to me one of the bad guys instead of just exploiting them. Let's hope it's the competitive force that finally wipes out DRM.
Labels: Amazon, iTunes, Music

posted at 3:42 PM (UK) | |

Comments:

Competition is good for the customer... - eduard/o

# posted by Anonymous : 5:05 PM

They also have REAL album purchase (at 9 $ an album with a 12 $ saving). So bad it is available only for purchasers located in the US http://questionmark.blogsome.com/2007/09/25/amazon-mp3/.

# posted by Marco Fabbri : 6:36 PM