09.30.07
Props to: Spoon, Amazon MP3 Store
Two (obviously related) comments:
1) The new[-ish] Spoon album is awesome. In particular You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb and The Underdog have been on pretty much constant repeat on my playlist the past two days.
2) The Amazon MP3 store is awesome as well. As a few folks have pointed out, it might be a short-lived experiment, as either labels might balk or prices might rapidly rise. That said, while it lasts, it’s absolutely the right model - the selection is surprisingly good, the prices are reasonable, the interface is well done, and - key, to a control freak like me - no obnoxious DRM. So, follow the links above and buy the Spoon tracks - they’re worth it, and the Amazon store doesn’t insult you by locking your purchases down.
Adam Batkin said,
October 2, 2007 at 4:57 am
But they still hate Linux users. Only Mac and Windows users can buy albums from Amazon.
kevin said,
October 2, 2007 at 8:17 am
Well, they’re saying that a Linux client is in the works - and since the whole thing is in beta, it’s pretty reasonable to say that we’ll get the 98% solution out first.
Adam Batkin said,
October 2, 2007 at 4:41 pm
Linux (and Mac) users are often the early adopters, and a very influential bunch. If you can get us hooked, whatever it is has a much better chance of being successful.
I know there aren’t any good statistics out there, but I’d wager a guess that there are probably just as many desktop linux users out there as Mac users.
Adam Batkin said,
October 3, 2007 at 5:03 am
I tried buying an album on my copy of XP running in VMware and it was quite a nice experience (except for it constantly opening Media Player even after I kept closing it). I could see buying all my music this way from now on.