Comments on: Tiered iTunes Pricing

By: Lisa McMillan

Lisa McMillan — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 01:59:08 +0000

Greedy bastards. itunes actually got me to buy music again. I haven’t bought a cd in years, yet I purchase at least 1 full album on itunes every Tuesday. They’ve made a fortune on me and I haven’t downloaded a pirated song since iTunes Canada opened. I wish they’d just leave a good thing alone.

By: Paul Livingstone

Paul Livingstone — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 20:20:13 +0000

This is just more greed from the record industry. Still I don’t buy any ‘hot new singles’ as it’s all shit anyway. So it’ll probably work out better for me that I’ll be able to pick up old tunes (which are infinitely better) for 50p or less.

By: Lukas

Lukas — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 04:50:20 +0000

I feel that 99c is perfect if they rase the price their word of mouth advertisers witch are nerds like myself would go back to stealing. They should drop the price for a few months to 59c and advertise their asses off this would convince thousands of people to try it, get hooked and keep paying evan after they rase the price back to 99c. The other thing is a recommendation program (get a friend to join and we give you an album). Would you recommend anyone?

By: cdharrison

cdharrison — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:40:19 +0000

Maybe I’m in the minority, but I’d rather pay a little bit more for a song I really want, versus paying full price for a CD with mostly sh*tty songs on it that I don’t care for. I don’t like that the prices are going to possibly increase, but 50 cents more isn’t too bad an increase for new music.

By: David

David — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:47:31 +0000

What would be your alternative? Back to illegal filesharing? Trading CD’s with friends? Would you change to another network like Napster?

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:45:59 +0000

CD sales went down because the price went up and the quality of the music went down. $0.99 per song was a decent compromise for most music. If the price goes back up and the quality stays low for “hot new singles,” then no, I wouldn’t buy ‘em.