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Amazon MP3 has been by far superior to iTunes. I wouldn't say Walmart is unable to compete with iTunes, I'd say it's unable to make a good MP3 app.
by chuinard 15y ago
Amazon MP3 has been by far superior to iTunes. I wouldn't say Walmart is unable to compete with iTunes, I'd say it's unable to make a good MP3 app.
- tptacek 15y agoIn what way is Amazon superior to iTunes? Just, "not having to use iTunes"?
- kevingadd 15y agoUnless your goal is to put songs onto an iPod, the amazon MP3 buying experience is much simpler. If I want to buy some MP3s and listen to them on my PC or on my Android phone, I: Click the buy button on Amazon's site Wait a moment, the Amazon MP3 downloader starts Wait a few minutes, the downloader tells me the files are downloaded I can click once or twice to automatically open the folder where these new MP3s live And then I can now listen to them (in my player of choice) or copy them to my phone. And now that Amazon has their cloud player, I can skip the entire downloading step and just listen to them on my phone. if I used iTunes as my music player of choice, and all my portable devices were iDevices, iTunes would be more convenient than the Amazon store. However, I don't, and they aren't. Also, iTunes is still kind of a pile of shit, so 'not having to use iTunes' alone would be a big advantage even if the Amazon experience wasn't better in other ways.
- mtogo 15y agoIt gets better. Amazon will sync your files into your Clouddrive for you automatically when you buy them, if you want.
- bdr 15y agoBetter search, faster to navigate, faster to purchase, keeps me in my browser, and (parity) automatically appears in iTunes when it's done downloading.
- smackfu 15y agoDon't need to install software. Can buy from anywhere, as long as you sign in to your Amazon account. MP3 format vs. AAC. Can play songs from web. Promotional prices on top sellers, so the #1 song on both sites is $0.69 vs. $1.29.