iTunes releases higher-quality DRM-free tracks from EMI

[jrtom]

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html

About freakin' time.

Personally I think that the price is too high for individual tracks, but I will almost certainly upgrade all my existing iTunes tracks to the new format just so that I no longer have to do the DRM dance when I shift machines, etc. And the added quality is definitely a bonus.

Comments

Re: Quality

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

*shrug* *grin* If you haven't the palate, I agree that there's no reason to get the spendy stuff.

But back to the original subject: the key here for me is the lack of DRM; the improved sound/archival quality is just icing on the cake.

Re: Quality

[fdmts.livejournal.com]

*nods to your actual point, and proceeds with the tangent*

I've been known, on occasion, to be offered $100 bottles of wine at nice dinners sponsored by business partners. I've taken to short circuiting that by saying "Hey, instead of ordering $100 wine, how about if you order the $30 one and we give $70 to your charity of choice. That'll impress me more. Plus, while we're on the topic, no ... I don't want to go to the strip club later on."

This is why nobody likes me.

With the wine, I find that it's a topic of predictability. There are a lot of bad $10 wines out there and a few good ones. Most $30 wines are pretty good ... and nearly all of the $100+ that I've drunk was good ... though not much better than the best of the $10 category. I.e: If you know what you're ordering, you can get both palate pleasing and cost effective.

Re: Quality

[jrtom.livejournal.com]

You know, that's a good point: it's often possible to get good quality on the cheap...it's just hard to be sure that that's what you're going to get (or hard to find, or both). This applies to a very wide variety of things, now that I think about it. *ponder*

This is why nobody likes me.

Oh, don't worry, I'm sure that even if you started accepting the offers of wine and strippers that people would find other reasons to dislike you (such as your belief that many of the problems our society faces can actually be addressed and solved by someone who's willing to do so, and need not keep messily bleeding all over the floor, sometimes all too literally). :)