Comments on: Nice Try Apple, but I Buy Singles for a Reason!

By: docwho888

docwho888 — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:19:44 +0000

People will vote with their pockets. Overall there are no downside to the public with what Apple is offering. And I believe it makes sense to give back credit as an incentive.

By: Jon Lee

Jon Lee — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:02:31 +0000

I think this is a good move on iTunes part. Not that I would fall for it, but I think they’ll make a good chunk of change!

By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:04:56 +0000

…oh, but of course I buy singles off the internet since most CDs are one or two awesome songs thrown into a pile of crap.

By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:04:02 +0000

It’s a good idea but I’m not going to purchase whole albums off the internet in MP3 format. If I am going to buy a whole album, I’m going to get the CD so I have something I can actually hold in my hand with some cover art and such.

By: The Man of Silver

The Man of Silver — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:35:15 +0000

To be fair though, the fact that iTunes customers weren’t given credit for their previous single purchases if they decided later to buy the full album was a frequent complaint by some people. The other part of this is that the recording industry is still not ready to abandon the album altogether. Encouraging album purchases both up front and some time later by way of small discounts can help. And if Apple wants to eventually convince the major labels to ditch DRM, they have to play nice
Still, I hear you, and I’ll continue to buy singles when it suits me.