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    DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes

    BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad

    Downtown SF Apple Store Gets PWNed, Unintentionally Advertises Competitor's Product

    DoubleTwist Media Manager Now Available for Download on Windows

    DVD Jon's doubleTwist Allows Ripping of iTunes Music Files
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    Palm Pre should just sync with this and give Apple the big F-U.
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    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    So, I realize that I'm probably in the minority by saying this, but I *love* iTunes...

    BUT... this whole DoubleTwist with access to the Amazon MP3 store thing is AMAZING. Actually having a viable alternative to iTunes with access to a music store that doesn't suck is GREAT. My only concern is... would Amazon send a cease and desist to DVD Jon? Did he somehow code the store into his software or are they working together? I hope that this continues to grow from this point :)
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    Image of ericemory ericemory
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    The big problem with doubletwist (at least when I checked it out before) was that besides lack of iPhone support, it *REQUIRED* an account with their website for social networking features. I don't want or need to have an account with the website to use music and media management software. This is a deal breaker even if they do finally get iPhone support.
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    Image of dan000001 dan000001
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    If you have your iTunes Music stored anywhere but the default location you're SOL since there is no doubleTwist preference to send their items into your iTunes Library for syncing with the iPhone.

    On the plus side: the Amazon classical music library seems to be far more extensive than the iTunes Store offerings.
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    Pazu approved this comment dan000001 was starred dan000001 was unstarred
    Image of Carnality666 Carnality666
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    *begin rant* I recently just got the iphone so I've only now really had to deal with the big piece of doo doo that is itunes.

    Why does the software assume that I'm some sort of newb? Who thought it was a good idea that you should only be able to import and delete songs from your iphone only by deleting it from itunes? I have found myself going through many a headache using this software that was clearly design for and by chimps...

    Please apple, trust that some of your users have a minimal level of computer knowledge and allow us to drag and drop folders/files directly, goddamnit! Thank you for reading. *end rant*
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    10/07/09

    @Carnality666: Ummm... you know you can choose not to sync the whole library and just sync certain playlists, right? The creation of the playlists is as close to drag-and-drop as you get.
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    Image of Pazu Pazu
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    Wake me up when dT can sync to iPhones running the latest firmware.
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/07/09

    @Pazu: wait...you're going to be sleeping the entire time until then...?
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    Pazu promoted this comment Edited by Anonymoose at 10/07/09 11:23 AM Anonymoose was starred Anonymoose was unstarred
    Image of Pazu Pazu
    10/07/09

    @Anonymoose: Yeah. I'm a vampire, Sookie!
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    Image of cygnusx8 cygnusx8
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    Now Palm won't have to go back and forth with Apple locking and unlocking Pre syncing. And btw, does anyone under the age of 40 pays for music anyway?
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    Edited by cygnusx8 at 10/07/09 11:14 AM cygnusx8 was starred cygnusx8 was unstarred
    Image of Geoff Geoff
    10/07/09

    @cygnusx8: Um, yes.

    I've abandoned torrents and other P2P methods for obtaining music. Buying an album on Amazon MP3 for less than $8 is completely affordable. Heck, often iTunes has inexpensive prices and I often buy brand new CDs from best Buy since they're less than $10 the first week. I buy a lot of stuff on vinyl and most come with an online code to download a digital version at no extra charge.

    More often than not though, I buy from the artist's website or at the merch table at a show. It's more beneficial to them.

    It just makes no sense scouring the ever-closing torrent sites to find an album I want, then waiting sometimes an hour or so to download if there aren't a lot of seeders. I'd rather jump on Amazon MP3, search, click "buy" and have my songs in a total of 3 minutes. Plus, I don't have to worry about my ISP flipping out about anything.
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    Image of GeekyWarrior GeekyWarrior
    10/07/09

    @Geoff: Plus, you get that feeling of security like, I'm not going to spend the rest of my life in prison over this MP3 Player full of music. Plus ripping a few CDs here and there never hurt anyone .
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    Image of moracity moracity
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    I use iTunes for music management, but I often buy from Amazon because it's cheaper, then copy into iTunes. I'll buy from iTunes if what I want isn't at Amazon. I welcome some competition here.
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    Pazu promoted this comment moracity was starred moracity was unstarred
    Image of jepzilla jepzilla
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    Sadly, we Canuckistani's are left out still. I initially avoided iTMS for the DRM and now just because I refuse to subject my computer to iTunes and Quicktime. Amazon.com would be a great replacement, but they don't offer MP3 downloads without a US credit card and billing address.
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    Image of Thorax707 Thorax707
    10/07/09

    @jepzilla: That's because the USA is the only country on Earth that matters.

    America, FUCK YEAH! So lick my butt and suck on my balls!
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    10/07/09

    @Thorax707: Please pardon Thorax. He's just our Foreign Relations Representative.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    10/07/09

    @OCEntertainment: We elected him and everything.
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/07/09

    @Fractal the Meek: you have to admit, he's a very charismatic speaker.
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    Image of Phitz Phitz
    10/07/09

    In reply to DoubleTwist's Amazon MP3 Store: One Less Reason to Bother With iTunes
    Won't this make it difficult to switch between iTunes to this? I have an iPhone, and I am wondering how syncing will be effected. I have plenty of apps, songs, and videos in iTunes that I want to ensure can still transfer to my phone. Anyone know if an auto-transfer of purchases to iTunes from doubleTwist is possible?
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    Image of Anonymoose Anonymoose
    10/07/09

    @Phitz: if you have an iphone, why would you want to not use itunes to sync? i'm thinking this is really focused more for non-apple devices, while still offering support for ipods
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Anonymoose was starred Anonymoose was unstarred
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    10/07/09

    @Anonymoose: Agreed. While it makes sense for iPods, iPhones are almost universally managed from iTunes (as I understand it). Everything from app management to software updates.

    If you've got a Nano, enjoy DVD Jon's liberation crusade. If you're sporting an iPhone, though, I'd stick to home base.
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    Image of Geckotek Geckotek
    10/07/09

    @Anonymoose: Because iTunes is one big bloated POC!
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    Image of GeekyWarrior GeekyWarrior
    10/07/09

    @Geckotek: From some of my friends who are Mac Users, Itunes on Mac is 100x better than itunes on PC
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    10/07/09

    @GeekyWarrior: Not really, it's exactly the same thing.

    The difference is that we don't have winamp, so settling for iTunes isn't that bad, relatively speaking.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    06/10/09

    In reply to BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad
    You know...if this was Microsoft instead of Apple, you would all be screaming at the top of your lungs about how the big guy was crushing the little guy.


    Oh well...

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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: that is what everyone is screaming. big guy -- apple. little guy -- DVD jon
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    06/10/09

    @Bigbadbikernerd: I find it irony that Apple is now the BIG guy (see Jobs greying face on the Big Screen) and the little guy running up with a sledgehammer...


    iZealots United Front!

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    06/10/09

    In reply to BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad
    so you're saying BART shot down his ad?


    too soon?

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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/10/09

    In reply to BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad
    ironically, he'll end up getting a lot MORE exposure than he would have if the ad had stayed up.


    smooth move, apple.

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    Image of Lite: hates Illinois Nazis Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
    06/10/09

    @nutbastard: Right... But now we're attempting to read between the lines, when there may not actually be any lines to read between.


    Itunes already supports several other media players besides iPods last I knew. But selling a product that defeats... Well, that strikes me as illegal. Whether we like the law or not.


    But, then again the city losing millions of dollars of ad revenue from Apple may certainly have something to do with it. However I personally find his placement of advertisement distasteful. It's a bit like wandering into your competitor's store wearing your Best Buy shirt and talking to the customers there.

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    Image of TrollSlayer TrollSlayer
    06/10/09

    In reply to BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad
    Is a "DVD Jon" a guy who buys illegally copied DVDs?
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    06/10/09

    @TrollSlayer:


    no he's the guy who is at the forefront of defeating DRM of all kinds.


    [en.wikipedia.org]

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    06/10/09

    In reply to BART Tears Down DVD Jon's Apple-Baiting DoubleTwist Ad
    Might I suggest that DVD Jon purchase ad space at the Spring St. (C/E) and Prince St. (N/R/W) stations.
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