[DM-MUG] This is WAY cool....Complete my Album in iTunes

[Jeff Muller]

I'm not disputing that it might be useful in certain situations and I'm  
not against it at all. It just struck me as an odd "feature" given that  
it is 180º from one of the fundamental aspects (and marketed as such)  
of the whole iTunes system! Irony will never die, especially if there's  
a buck to be made from it. :-)


On Feb 27, 2008, at 8:16 PM, Jon Thompson wrote:

> I have two purchased copies of Paul Oakenfold's "Starry Eyed  
> Surprise."  The first I bought because I liked the song.  The second I  
> bought because I went back and realized I like the album, and this was  
> before this feature existed (it's been around for a while now.)  Other  
> possibilities is if you buy a compilation, then want to expand your  
> selection of a particular album.
>
> Just because most albums have one or two good songs and a bunch of  
> filler does not mean that all of the are like that.
> -- 
> - Jon
> On Feb 27, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Jeff Muller wrote:
>
>> I guess that's nice but isn't one of the main concepts and selling  
>> points of iTunes the ability to buy only the songs you want from an  
>> album? The idea being that many (most?) albums contain one or two  
>> "good" songs but when CDs were your only option, you had to pay for  
>> all the "crummy" songs, too, in order to hear the "good" ones. In  
>> essense, now they're offering a discount on the "crummy" songs! :-)
>>
>> I can think of a couple of situations where someone would go for this  
>> but, to me, it seems counterintuitive to the basic iTunes concept.  
>> I'm not trying to start a big controversy here. It just seemed odd to  
>> me and I'm just wondering, am I missing something in this new  
>> service? (If so, it wouldn't be the first good idea I've discounted  
>> in my life!)
>>
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2007, at 10:52 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:
>>
>>> Apple: iTunes introduces complete my album   Co announced a new  
>>> iTunes service that allows customers to turn their individual tracks  
>>> into a complete album at a reduced price by giving them a full 99  
>>> cent credit for every track they have previously purchased from that  
>>> album. When users buy any ...
>>>
>>>  (AAPL), (Trade)
>>>
>>>
>>> Go to the store, click the button and see the albums that apply,  
>>> select one and you'll see that whatever from it that you have  
>>> previously purchased is greyed out and the rest show up and now you  
>>> can see if you want to buy the remaining songs without having to do  
>>> all the click and find yourself as long as it's within 6 mos. of the  
>>> purchase of the earlier song[s]....what a great concept!
>>> --
>>>
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