jkOnTheRun: Three months of music: $44.97 or $529.47?


 Kevin C. Tofel over at jkOnTheRun has a thought provoking piece on music subscription services vs. buying outright on CD. Personally I thought this was a great read with some excellent points for both sides of the arguement.

Personally – I’m still on the fence. I want every flavor of cake and I would prefer to have those cakes with me forever … not just until I forget to pay the monthly bill. Can I get DRM Free for say $20/month?

Before I go further, I want to avoid the "Zune fanboy" comments because my focus is really on an all-you-can-eat subscription vs. a traditional buy a license to listen per album model. You can replace "Zune Pass" with any music subscription service here if you like. However, the fact is that I listen to music on these 53 albums and it cost me $44.97; had I paid $9.99 an album at the store for a DVD on sale or through the iTunes Music store, those albums would have cost me $529.47.

Go check out the story … I’d love to see what everyone thinks – are you a buy it at the store or pay a monthly fee type?

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dgoldring
Feb 16, 2007

Great points for both sides. Personally, I prefer to buy it and have it forever. You never know when you might want to listen to it down the road and what format it will be in. Then again, my CD cabinet can only get so big. :)

Doug

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