The CDs I buy are a lot cheaper than digital downloads. I imagine this is due to the fact that CDs are subject to overproduction, and shops or publishers will

The CDs I buy are a lot cheaper than digital downloads. I imagine this is due to the fact that CDs are subject to overproduction, and shops or publishers will reduce prices to get rid of excess stock. Digital downloads are not subject to this issue, and seem to remain expensive. There's a few other reasons: CDs have no DRM, and offer very high quality. Fuzzy reasons include a certain enjoyment of the physical artifact, and the fact that it encourages me, every so often, to listen to an album straight through, something I rarely do with digital media. Mainly, though, I resent paying the same or more for digital downloads - CDs are a physical artifact, so digital stuff ought to be cheaper. I buy singles via download, as they work out cheap, but albums do not.