And so are online music subscriptions.
So The Unofficial Apple Weblog received an anonymous tip that Apple is set to announce a subscription service for iTunes.
To TUAW’s credit, they state right at the beginning of their post that this is probably B.S. Unfortunately, even with that preface, that rumor is now spreading across the intertubes. The only reason I can think of for this shoddy journalism is the "If you say it enough times, it’ll come true," mind set.
However, that makes even less sense! For Apple to do a subscription service, the songs would need to become unplayable if the subscription wasn’t renewed. That means good old Digital Rights Management meaning the songs will only be playable in the iTunes software. Yuck.
That’s not an experience I’m in any hurry to repeat.
Recently, I’ve become very happy with eMusic. It’s not the all-you-can-eat buffet bloggers are hoping Apple will introduce but the music downloads are plain MP3 files that’ll play in any audio software and work on any portable music player.
I realize they don’t offer anything from the big-four record labels but I realized something while browsing their selection: I don’t listen to much music distributed by the big labels anyway. It seems typing in the name of an artist I enjoy on eMusic is far likely to return results than on larger services.
Oh yeah, and unlike other DRM-free (and, well, legal) music sites, it’s available to Canadians, too.
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