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iTunes = money
I just discovered that I have now been using iTunes for 2 years, which in itself is not really important. But during that time I have purchased music and audio books for the total value of $1,578...
That is a lot, especially considering that it came as a complete surprise. I know I had been buying songs on a semi-regular basis, but because each song is only 99 cents, I never thought of it as an expense.
Each decision to buy a song is so small a cost it is not really a decision at all. Until you look back at the total expense over time.
I think I will listen to internet radio for a couple of weeks...
Comments
Mickel - Jul. 7, 2008
That's alot of money. For $14.99 you can get unlimited music downloads from zune.net (as long as you have a zune I guess).
I buy lots of albums from iTunes as well, this has moved my toughts to Zune.
Thomas Baekdal - Jul. 7, 2008
Mickel, hmmm... interesting. Especially considering my new phone doesn't support iPhone formats.
But Zune is currently not available in my part of the world.
Thomas Baekdal - Jul. 7, 2008
he he... well I could live without it, but I am not paying extra for iTunes Plus.
Jonathan - Jul. 8, 2008
What would be interesting to work out is how much of Thomas's money has gone to the artists.
Personally, I haven't downloaded any tracks from iTunes in the last two years, but have instead used sites like Magnatune, MySpace and Sellaband. I also receive a lot of free promo CDs as part of the job I do. All this has probably led me to pay or donate at total of about $200 in the last two years in exchange for music. That might not sound much, but if you consider that about 80% of that money has gone directly to the artists, I wouldn't be surprised if it's about $100 more the amount Thomas has given them.
Of course, you could argue that without the record labels, PR companies, promoters, executives, lawyers and and advertising agencies, bands would get nowhere. The trouble is, I know that's rubbish.
Ovi Demetrian Jr - Jul. 8, 2008
What about buying DRM-free MP3s? I use Amazon.com which seems to have pretty much all music available as MP3s. A lot of songs are 89 cents, 10 cents cheaper, which can go along way when you're spending $1578.
Published: Jul. 7, 2008
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Thomas Baekdal - Jul. 7, 2008
I just realized, that for the money I have been using on iTunes, I could almost have bought a MacBook Air... damn...