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People spend $10 a month to get an extra 400 minutes on their cell-phone plan. Why wouldn’t they spend that to get access to all the music that has ever existed?
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Bob Kohn, eMusic founder [via Scott via Hey, iTunes, Move Over]
When he frames it like it almost makes sense… Problem is, even I’m not quite comfortable with a streaming-only music experience. I like to have the files on my computer/hands, to do whatever I want to do with them. I pay for eMusic because it let’s me download actual MP3s to my computer. I’ve never paid for Rhapsody.
Don’t get me wrong, I like streaming as a discovery medium (see HypeM) but ultimately if I fall in love with something, I want to pay to support the artist and own it forever. I also have a hard time believing that all these artists could be compensated properly with me paying less than the price of a single album.
Disclaimer: I didn’t bother reading the article :)
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