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nonconformist
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Well unlike most of the population i buy most music off itunes instead of dl them off of lime wire... I appreciated there being a way to buy music for a pretty cheap price with out having to leave my house, and not having to dl stuff illegally. So i was kinda thankful of itunes. But now its kinda starting to piss me off. I go to there store, and it's like they've gone over all great songs from the past and increased them from 99c to $1.29. Now it doesn't seem like much, but i try to make myself only spend 10$ every month on music from itunes, and its decreasing from 10 songs to 6 or 7.. Now im just wondering, do you think that they are ripping us off for songs?

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dudeguy45
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Peasant

I know, i broke. of couse since Apple apple is ONLY a multi-million dollar corporation, they raise the cost 30 cents. Jerks.

napolian654321
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It might be because the lost buisness in Japan. Since Japan is technologicly way ahead of us they ran apple into the ground. Japan is like on a 4G network.

justgotpwned
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Ya I know it's dumb.
they should put it back down.

tennisman24
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Farmer

I honestly don't care. Like napolian said they lost business in Japan so maybe that's it.

Green12324
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Peasant

You don't have to buy from iTunes. Sure it's not good for us, the consumer, but we don't really know their motives behind it.

SirLegendary
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Marquis

yup itunes are ripping me of too.
im beggining to wonder if the fair price should be like 25c.

Naruto
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Nomad

i heard on the news one day that some things will go up and not be 99 cents anymore

LuciferSatanis
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Nomad

well I believe that they are honest people, charging only 99 cents per songs.

web
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web
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Nomad

oh my god you only get 6-7 songs a month? I need a new album every two weeks!

muffinman08
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i dont really use itunes much i tend to just get my own cds or borrow stuff from my m8 ( he pretty much has similar taste in music) because i can never find the songs i want on it and when i do its recorded by some1 else or its a music video wich is like £1.39 weras a song is usually only 89p

LufffiStudios
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Nomad

I don't use iTunes because they hiked the prices and because you have to give them your card number. I'll just stick with Pandora radio.

Green12324
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i heard on the news one day that some things will go up and not be 99 cents anymore


Yes, at the beginning of April their new prices became 69 cents for some songs, 99 cents for most, and then $1.29 for others. It's all decided by the artist's record label though. Just like how they decide how much a CD costs, they decide how much their songs cost on iTunes.
trayzrulz
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I guess it's been awhile since I used iTunes... I did not notice the change. But after reading this, I opened up the iTunes store and boom a lot of songs cost more. I just broke down and bought my first ipod about a month ago too. What a bummer!!

DarkLadyRaven
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Well I haven't really noticed.

But I think they've messed up a lot of artist pages. They have wrong album pictures, are missing an album, or something like that.

steevo15
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Itunes has always ripped us off! especially with their stupid format that is so hard to use for multiple types of mp3 players

I get my music the normal way by buying CD's and putting them on my comp.

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