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Apple Dropping iTunes Plus (DRM Free) Songs to $.99?

Yay! More please!

First Plus, now iTunes Premium Lossless files for the old plus price of $1.30! Better yet, since the iPod is perfectly capable, how about 24-bit 192khz files!!!
 
Nice!

First choice: DRM-free MP4/AAC at iTunes.

Second choice: DRM-free MP3 at Amazon.

I hope both take off, and DRM slowly vanishes.
 
I just took a look at the Upgrade area, and sure enough, I have some new stuff that can be upgraded to iTunes Plus. Several of the Josh Rouse albums I've purchased are on their (although not all of them). But it still costs some dough to upgrade. Debating spending the money now or waiting.
 
They really aren't an audio company, but they should offer better stock headphones for this higher quality music. The current ones sound like tin cans tied to the back of a moving vehicle.
 
New Albums Available for Upgrade

So, I went to the iTunes Plus section of the store, and there are now two new upgradable albums that weren't available before (I upgraded everything available in May)

HOWEVER, there is still a cost associated with upgrading these albums ($4.78 for 20 tracks) even thought the individual tracks are, in fact $99 for individual Plus tracks.

I never really understod why I had to pay to upgrade full albums when the album Plus price is always the same as the non-Plus price.

Now the indiviudal tracks aren't even more expensive for Plus, so why am I being chanrged for buying the full album?
 
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I've been a happy customer of the iTunes Plus store and Amazon's DRM-less MP3 store. Amazon did a very good job putting together its iTunes integration tool. Now if people will just quit buying the DRM'ed stuff, the pressure will be on the record companies... (okay it's already on, but they've been far too dull-witted to realize the true source of the pressure - so it needs to increase).
 
dal20402 said:
AAAAARGH! 😡😡🙄

I can't take it anymore. 😡

This typo has been exploding in frequency lately.

It's seamlessly, not "seemlessly."
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Is it a typo if it happens on purpose? Like when people say "They're going to loose the game," when they really mean "They're going to lose the game." That's not a typographical error. That's just ignorance.

Anyway... DRM bad. Low, low prices goooood.
 
Apple might not remove the 30% upgrade charge. They still might have to get something for the bandwidth costs of downloading the files.

Does anyone else have this issue?
Whenever iTunes finishes downloading a ungrade song, it crashes. (On 7.4.2)
Its as if it has trouble deleting the old 128kbs file and replacing it with the 256kbs file.
 
bellicelli said:
So, I went to the iTunes Plus section of the store, and there are now two new upgradable albums that weren't available before (I upgraded everything available in May)

HOWEVER, there is still a cost associated with upgrading these albums ($4.78 for 20 tracks) even thought the individual tracks are, in fact $99 for individual Plus tracks.

I never really understod why I had to pay to upgrade full albums when the album Plus price is always the same as the non-Plus price.

Now the indiviudal tracks aren't even more expensive for Plus, so why am I being chanrged for buying the full album?
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That's what I'm wondering too. I bought the Band of Horses album the day it came out, October 9th, and it's now available for upgrade for $2.97.

Other than that, great move by Apple!
 
Good deal. This means that when Apple sees a potential problem, they will respond it. This also means that they do not currently see a potential problem with iPod/iPhone sales since they have no need to compete price-wise with other companies. Double good news.
 
Martin C said:
A lot of the people I have talked to didn't know anything about Amazon's Music Store. They need to do some better web advertising to have a chance at challenging iTunes.
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I don't think I knew about it specifically, but I always assumed everyone and their mother had an online music store. Am I right. I'm right, right?
 
wattage said:
Anyone else find it funny that some people vote this type of news as a 'Negative'!!

What's negative about a price drop??
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What price drop? iTunes + is still $2 in the UK store (99p). Also there's too few tracks available.

I've yet to buy anything from the iTunes store and won't until I can get it DRM free and in a decent quality. Whilst it's good to see some songs in non-DRM format, just about everything I'm interested in still has the "don't buy" DRM lock on it.

I'm still puzzled why the prices are all the same. Often there's bargains available in my local record store which are lower priced than iTunes.

It's good to see Amazon doing something - with some real competition it may spur Apple into action. Pity it's not available in Europe which is no doubt why the prices are still double that of the US.
 
zwida said:
Yeah, that'd be nice. I think it's going to be awhile before any of the other majors sign on to this project, though.
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Content providers are incredibly stupid and have no vision. Yes, I believe they should get paid (I have paid for over 700 songs, videos and TV shows on iTunes, and have never illegally downloaded a commercial show or song), but they are desperately trying to hold onto the past.

The content providers need to (1) get more efficient, (2) get used to making less money per song or show, (3) get used to selling content a la carte, (4) look for additional ways to generate revenue, and (5) learn to treat their customers with respect instead of pissing us off.
 
This is great news, if true. The only thing that stops me from buying from iTunes is the DRM. I find lots of interesting indie bands on iTunes, but the DRM stops me from buying. Bring it on, Apple.

Couldn't give a rip about the big, corporate bands so they can stay DRM'd. I just want the indie stuff to be free and clear.
 
onebloodonelife said:
That's what I'm wondering too. I bought the Band of Horses album the day it came out, October 9th, and it's now available for upgrade for $2.97.

Other than that, great move by Apple!
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Yeah, i have the same problem. I think .30 per song is excessive. I always thought there would be a way to just unlock things.

I'm going to hold out and see if eventually my iTunes plus upgrades are free.
 
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