About a month ago I ordered some CDs from Amazon, a small binge after months of not spending. (I do work at a start-up company, you know.) By the time the CDs arrived I had already given Yahoo's Music service a spin. I heard about it on Mark Cuban's blog and it's only $5 per month for unlimited downloading as long as you listen to the music in their software or on an approved MP3 player. Not a problem for me -- I was living in iTunes listening to CDs that I'd grab from the shelves and load into my library.So my new Jack Johnson CD arrived and I never even opened it. I already had the album downloaded from Yahoo Music. These services have got to be a big blow for Amazon. Unless I want to hear these discs on a road trip, I don't see myself opening those CDs anytime soon either. My only complaint was that it was stingy on the Foo Fighters, but that finally changed.
When I heard that CK had downloaded the new Foo Fighters double album from iTunes, I went to see if my Yahoo Music had it. They did and I grabbed it quickly. But their older albums -- one of which I only have the case for -- took a few more days to appear. As of tonight I have them all.
I'm going to be able to work about twice as fast now. This is huge.
GrimJack
EZ Street
Jon Sable, Freelance
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Tino Buntic 2420 days ago
I read that blog on blogmaverick as well. But I like having the actual CD. I don't know how to use those gadgets, like ipods, yet.
Carl J 2397 days ago
Brian,
The $5/month for unlimited songs sounds like a great deal, until you read the fine print.
Just like Napster's unlimited plan, once you cancel your service, you can no longer listen to the songs that you had downloaded.