On 29 Jul 2003, Eric Jahn wrote:
> the problem with 79 cents per song is you get a compressed song, not the
> CD quality original song, and you pay as much as a CD per song, yet they
> have no distribution, retailing, packaging costs.
I have a large CD collection which I've ripped into 192Kbps MP3s, and
personally I can't tell the difference between the originals and the
MP3s. At the higher quality levels I doubt most people could tell either.
I've bought a few songs from the iTunes store, but never any full albums.
For me it's an economic win because I can get tracks I want without paying
for an album full of dross. For Apple it's profit. I don't see anything
wrong with that.
Also, I don't believe the iTunes stores charges sales tax (that can be
almost an additional dollar or two for the price of a physical CD).
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