Svenissimo
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Classic RIP OFF Britain... "Treasure island" call it what you will.... Not that I want her crap but UK amazon download price.... £3.99 GBP.. and no cloud service.
Amazon Hits iTunes Again With $0.99 Lady Gaga Album, Qualifies for Cloud Drive Storage Upgrade
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ZMacintosh
macrumors 68000
lol to all the artist bashing....i think the tone/tune would be different if iTunes had this album for 99¢
Ignorance is bliss.
Don't see what the problem is with that. Amazon UK has a deal EVERY WEEK where one album is £3.99
This week it's "Born This Way".
Amazon UK and Amazon US are very separate.
algiris
macrumors 6502a
No, not really. Being high and getting payed for it could be though.
richardsonrs
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I come here because I am interested in apple news. I am no apple hater. I'm posting from an iPhone 4. Do I think they **** roses that smell like chocolate covered strawberries? No!! But I'm no hater. I did not say everyone on here was a fanboy or ignorant. I said his comment was likely based in fanboy ignorance, which I still believe is true. Good marketing decisions don't only come from fear of almighty apple is all I'm saying. It's maybe possible that amazon simply made a good financial decision? Apple is not the only company capable of doing that.
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I come here because I am interested in apple news. I am no apple hater. I'm posting from an iPhone 4. Do I think they **** roses that smell like chocolate covered strawberries? No!! But I'm no hater. I did not say everyone on here was a fanboy or ignorant. I said his comment was likely based in fanboy ignorance, which I still believe is true. Good marketing decisions don't only come from fear of almighty apple is all I'm saying. It's maybe possible that amazon simply made a good financial decision? Apple is not the only company capable of doing that.
Yeahhhhh I'm pretty sure the tracks you buy on iTunes are lossy. I couldn't (in my cursory google search) find any support that when you buy iTunes AAC's - they're lossLESS.
How much of a difference (really) do you think you are personally hearing/not hearing between AAC and MP3 compression.
Kaibelf
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You mean similar to Sly and the Family Stone? David Bowie? Madonna? Michael Jackson? George Clinton and P. Funk? KISS? Who needs that gimmicky flashy entertaining stuff in their entertainment? They should just stand there and do nothing to make it fun. Btw, I know you're upset that the Carpenters collection isn't available on the cloud right now, but seriously.....
rorschach
macrumors 68020
Yes, "hipsters" may not like it because it's popular...but the music certainly ATTEMPTS to be "EDGY" and "DIFFERENT" (whether it actually is or not is another debate.)
huck500
macrumors 6502
You bash music because it makes you feel good to think you have better taste than others... and then those others are thinking exactly the same thing about YOUR music.
And then people like me feel good about criticizing those who criticize other people's music. Humans, we're wacky.
And then people like me feel good about criticizing those who criticize other people's music. Humans, we're wacky.
It's Lady Gaga's gain
Amazon might be promoting their service, but this is meant to inflate Lady Gaga's numbers. Think about it, next week she will debut at #1 with a gazillion copies sold in one week. No one will mention that the whole album was for 99 cents at one of the major retailers.
I for one just bought it, and I'm not a gaga fan
Amazon might be promoting their service, but this is meant to inflate Lady Gaga's numbers. Think about it, next week she will debut at #1 with a gazillion copies sold in one week. No one will mention that the whole album was for 99 cents at one of the major retailers.
I for one just bought it, and I'm not a gaga fan
Kaibelf
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It's not. This promotion is bringing Amazon's servers to its knees. And that's saying a lot.
algiris
macrumors 6502a
Oh my god that is beautiful.
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Ivan P
macrumors 68030
AAC is a lossy format, regardless of who sells it or what encodes it. FLAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), AIFF, etc (I believe WAV is too), are examples of lossless audio formats. AAC, MP3, etc, are lossy. Best way to tell - if the files are, say, 4MB or 5MB for a 3-minute song, it's in a lossy format. If they're more along the lines of 30MB-40MB for the same song, then it's lossless. The online stores steer towards lossy files because, one, they take up less space (therefore not putting as big a strain on your connection - a 70MB album compared to a 700MB one), and because they're more likely to be supported by other players (for example, iPods don't support FLAC or WAV). In the end, in most cases the noticeable difference in quality between a lossless file and a lossy one (say, an AAC file encoded at 320kbps), is negligible.
(Btw not all this post was aimed at you, the rant at the end was more a guide for people that may not understand the difference
)Nope. Yet there is one for Android. Hmm....
Kaibelf
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That's assuming that, literally, ALL of those gazillion people (or even anything more than a minuscule number of them) are both AWARE of Amazon's service and interested in using it. I can bet solid money that about 99% of those online purchases will be through iTunes or ordering/purchasing the physical disc. She doesn't need an Amazon coupon to move units, when this release has been pushed as a big release for the past 6 months already.
Yeah, I figured that's what might be happening. Either way, horrible first impression.
roadbloc
macrumors G3
Bought it. Decent quality MP3, but I do prefer a lossless format. I don't see why people are bashing the fact that Amazon has better offers than iTunes. Is Apple that important to you that you'll willingly pay £11+ over £3? I mean, if you don't like Lady GaGa then fair enough, but other than that, how is this a bad thing?
Kaibelf
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LOL I saw that one in the rack at Coconuts Records (yeah, remember THEM?) back when I was about... 13 and now, over 20 years later, I STILL remember it.
It's just... ludicrous, but hilarious, disturbing.... and even the band name is a riot.BLACKFRIDAY
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That's great.
There's a reason I "had" an iPod classic to store 80gigs worth of music to carry some of my favourite music.
But really, do I need that everyday or once a week or once a month?
One can always carry 2-4GB worth of music in a phone and be done with it.
This is one of those occasions when one can claim: '640k ought to be enough for anybody'. In my opinion, 2-4GB is enough for most of the people. It seems like this kind of cloud storage is for those who don't wish to carry their iPod classics with them. Get the analogy?
And yes, if you are streaming at a decent bit-rate, there's hardly a difference in the size of the stream.
One can use AI and introduce core-level algorithms to identify parts of music that don't require that kind of bit-rate.
For eg, a heavy metal song with a fine bass needs to be more clear than hip-hop grump/