I agree to a point with many of the posts that cite a lack of quality music being a key to the overall decline. If you look at Amazon they have a Beatles remix cd at #4, and it is actually sold out as I post this.
That said, I think that even savvy users at first ignored the DRM from iTunes because it was new, cool, and worked with their shiny new iPods.
Now the DRM is a gripe even less sophisticated users are keenly aware of, and users are dropping DRM-laced music in droves.
I no longer purchase iTunes music instead relying on eMusic, insound, and amazon for all of my music needs. The only real compromise I'm making for the cause is if I just want one song and eMusic doesn't have it, I have to buy the whole thing on cd.
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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I agree to a point with many of the posts that cite a lack of quality music being a key to the overall decline. If you look at Amazon they have a Beatles remix cd at #4, and it is actually sold out as I post this.
That said, I think that even savvy users at first ignored the DRM from iTunes because it was new, cool, and worked with their shiny new iPods.
Now the DRM is a gripe even less sophisticated users are keenly aware of, and users are dropping DRM-laced music in droves.
I no longer purchase iTunes music instead relying on eMusic, insound, and amazon for all of my music needs. The only real compromise I'm making for the cause is if I just want one song and eMusic doesn't have it, I have to buy the whole thing on cd.