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Why Isn't Anyone Defecting from iTunes to Amazon's MP3 Store?

Number two digital music retailer Amazon was given DRM-free tracks from all four majors in the hope that it would be the first real rival to iTunes' total domination of music sales. But, on top of the fact Amazon's numbers drastically pale to iTunes' (we did ask for specifics, they wouldn't spill) NPD is reporting that a mere sliver—10 percent—of Amazon's users are iTunes defectors, even though all of its DRM-less tracks will play on the iPod (or anything else). Which means Amazon isn't poaching from Apple's ecosystem, so they're either grabbing your mom (unlikely) or people who mostly avoided iTunes in the first place. Given the long, bitter fight for DRM-free music, it's simply bizarre. So if you're still buying from iTunes, why haven't you switched? [Electronista]

8:50 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By matt buchanan
9,786 views, 192 comments

Latest by justinpe: @justrick: I agree to a certain extent, but, like I said, it is a non-issue for the vast majority of people who use iTunes. I have downloaded a few iTunes albums in my day, and have not had any issues personally, more »

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Amazon MP3 Store Now Linux-Friendly

Amazon's MP3 store got officially Linux-friendly last week, adding support for Debian 4 Etch, Fedora 8, Open SUSE 10.3, and Unbuntu 7.10 Gutsy. So who's still locked out of the store? [Amazon]

1:30 PM on Mon Mar 3 2008
By matt buchanan
2,100 views, 22 comments

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Amazon Non-DRM MP3 Store now in Public Beta, Easy to Use

Amazon's MP3 store is now in public beta, so you can all have a fiddle around with the DRM-free service &mdash like I just did. First observations: More »

9:37 AM on Tue Sep 25 2007
By AddyDugdale
8,890 views, 19 comments