Comments on: Amazon.com Launches MP3 Store; UMG and EMI As Majors http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-amazoncom-launches-mp3-store/ The economics of digital content Sun, 19 May 2013 00:21:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Keith http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-amazoncom-launches-mp3-store/#comment-53394 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:56:28 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/09/25/419-amazoncom-launches-mp3-store/#comment-53394 @Tim: No proxy support on any platform, it seems.

]]> By: Tim http://paidcontent.org/2007/09/25/419-amazoncom-launches-mp3-store/#comment-53393 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:18:57 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2007/09/25/419-amazoncom-launches-mp3-store/#comment-53393 Reactions so far:

1. There appears to be no Mac support for proxy servers. So I'm downloading on EVDO for the time-being and it's not exactly zippy. Hope they sort out the proxy issue – iTunes works flawlessly under the same circumstances.

2. Purchase of an album was one-click easy.

3. The pricing of the album is $2 cheaper than iTunes DRMed version (the new Lyle Lovett).

4. And here's the kicker – the bitrate is 256 kbps, same as iTunes Extra, but without the higher price. And it's vanilla mp3.

I'm a proud Apple fanboy, but I'll shop at Amazon first if this keeps up.

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