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Who's got the best price and selection?

Who's got the best price and selection?
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by Ed Bott

I took a shopping list of seven albums to the iTunes Music Store and compared my results with those from six large and small competitors. This chart shows the result. The red entries indicate the highest price for a particular album; green means the lowest price. The line above the eMusic entries means it's nearly impossible to compare prices for that service, which charges a monthly fee for a set number of downloads.

For more details, see 6 music services compared: Who can bust the iTunes monopoly?
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it is pretty easy to come up with a selection of albums to
show that iTunes has the highest prices. we all know the
anti-apple agenda microsoft shill ed bott is pushing here. i
can easily ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: elllroy Posted on: 09/07/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
about the zune marketplace  reverseswing | 04/24/09
No DRM anymore for Zune Marketplace  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 04/24/09
those that I bought and checked  tech_walker | 04/24/09
Zune DRM compatible with just about everything  zeblonite | 04/24/09
Everything except most PMP's sold.  Bruizer | 04/24/09
RE: Price and selection  macbill | 04/24/09
Thanks for sharing  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 04/24/09
Converting AAC to MP3  ffrandall | 04/24/09
Did you even try Googling it?  Old Techie | 04/24/09
Always brutal to see old windows arguments propping up Apple  Helio99000 | 04/24/09
Like I would miss  Pliny the Elder | 04/26/09
higher quality downloads?  swineshead | 04/24/09
Looked at MusicGiants  Ed BottZDNet Moderator | 04/24/09
RE: Zune's purchase history (Hands on with 6 online music services)  cymru999 | 04/24/09
WOW!!! Ed finds no reason to ever use iTunes..  Bruizer | 04/24/09
Wanna really awesome alternative????  atomicsupergeek | 04/25/09
RE: Zune's purchase history (Hands on with 6 online music services)  Leftwingtechnut | 05/12/09
selection  elllroy | 09/07/09

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