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And yet their songs are still a rip-off @ .99 cents each.

I'll never use iTunes if I ever get into the digital music downloading action. Even if I had an iPod, I would still use places like Amazon for my digital content (been DRM-free all along). Better prices, quality and selection can all be found other places.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Thats like...... a billion 99$'s isin't it?

Awesome.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Even more of a rip-off, then.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Steve Jobs: Hey! Let's use this bad economy to our advantage and raise the price of our overpriced music!

Apple Executives: Woof!]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
You can’t attempt to make a comment like "I would still use places like Amazon for my digital content (been DRM-free all along)” since Amazon MP3 was launched around the time of iTunes’ switch to DRM-Free music and therefore able to take advantage of Apple’s headway to coerce the music industry into unprotected music downloads.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Bet I was probably within the last 500 or so, if I didn't pass it up.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
amazingly they did it without your help. It must be rip off. ]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
After a few minutes of checking, New Songs for 1.29, Classics for 99 cents. So yea, pretty much.]]>Feb 24th 2010 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Doesn't that make them cost more than a CD? At least I get the pleasure of unwrapping a CD and popping it in the drive.]]>Feb 24th 2010 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Dear everybody bitching about pricing: This is not new. Apple sells songs with a price RANGE of $.69 to $1.29, and they have for a while. And are you ready for the shocker? That's exactly what Amazon sells them for.

From day ONE, Amazon's songs have cost up to $1.29. That was the agreement they made with the labels in order to be able to sell the music without DRM.

Apple finally made the same agreement, which is why all the songs on iTunes are now also DRM free. Same exact deal. You are not gaining anything by going to Amazon except a smaller selection and worse quality. Yes, AAC files are higher quality than MP3s, because AAC = MP4, and MP4 > MP3.

You learn something new every day, huh?]]>Feb 24th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
They were supposed to give the one who downloaded the 10 billionth song a $10k iTunes gift card. Anyone get any info on the "big winner"?

And I don't mean Apple. ]]>Feb 24th 2010 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
I mean, it's sad, but expected.]]>Feb 25th 2010 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 25th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 27th 2010 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 27th 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 4:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
PS: I hate iTunes - would avoid it like the plague if I didn't have an iPod Touch; it's probably the worst piece of software I've ever had the misfortune of having to use...]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 25th 2010 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Also, congrats to the person who downloaded the 10 billionth song. I think they get a $10000 gift card.]]>Feb 24th 2010 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/If you have to use it on iTunes, what the point? If it's a regular gift card, now your talking!]]>Feb 24th 2010 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 27th 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
that's quite a present ;)]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Yep, was going to mention in comments, nice present for Jobs.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Its Googolplex not Google-plex. I don't think that will ever happen in my lifetime.
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Torrents FTW!]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
Honestly, I love buying a CD every now and then (especially if it's obscure and I can't find it available for download), but I'll never ever pay for a digital only copy of a song... And besides, my library would have cost thousands of pounds I just don't have if i'd have paid for most of it :/]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
I'd buy them online if they were in FLAC format.

Till then it's torrents and good old CDs for me. Oh well, I guess Apple and Co. don't miss me...]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Piratebay is probably on their 100 Trillionth song download.
Seeing this thread shows us how stupid and uneducated people are about technology :(]]>Feb 25th 2010 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/
And that's the thing..m4a is only negligibly different than .mp3, that it only begins to matter when you drop below 160 kbps. ]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/I used to think that when they were selling 128kb/s songs but now that they are selling 256kb/s it's very hard to tell the difference. Hell most people couldn't tell the difference between 128 and a CD, I'm very happy with 256 even though I still encode my CDs at 320kb/s VBR.]]>Feb 24th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/apple-serves-up-10-billionth-itune-smiles-all-the-way-to-the-ba/Feb 24th 2010 5:32PM