Re: iTunes Plus

"Invid Fan" <invid@xxxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
310520071152014282%invid@xxxxxxxxxxxx on 5/31/07 8:52 AM:

In article <vKA7i.16328$923.1161@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Redhart
<REdwardHart@> wrote:

"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-6DDC7B.01044431052007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <rfs7i.13375$JQ3.7839@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Redhart" <REdwardHart@ aol.com> wrote:

"Elizabot v2.0.3" <Elizabot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/05/30itunesplus.html


iTunes will continue to offer its entire catalog, currently over five
million songs, in the same versions as today-128 kbps AAC encoding with
DRM-at the same price of 99 cents per song, alongside the higher quality
iTunes Plus versions when available. In addition, iTunes customers can now
easily upgrade their library of previously purchased EMI content to iTunes
Plus tracks for just 30 cents a song and $3.00 for most albums."

Why not free?

I'd like to have your car...

...for free.

I should have been more clear - why not the upgrade for free?

It will cost Apple money to send you a second set of the songs, which are
larger files then the first ones you bought. The upgrade fee also avoids
having to deal with people now buying the cheaper versions then getting a free
upgrade to the more expensive ones.

It actually is very, very fair: you can get either the cheaper or the more
expensive product, and if you decide to move from the cheaper to the more
expensive later, the cost is *only* the difference, even though Apple has to
provide the bandwidth for both. I would not have seen it as bad if Apple
had added a five cent upgrade fee or something like that... yet people will
whine even now. Oh well.


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