iTunes Promises $0.69 Tracks, but Doesn't Deliver
Category: Music / Video PlayersPosted: April 8, 2009 07:18AM
Author: redtigerdragon
Apple announced a while back that their iTunes prices were going to change. They said that some would rise to $1.29, but that most would fall to $0.69. Is that the case? Sadly, no. As the author shows, $0.69 songs are hard to come by. As expected, the more popular hits have all been raised, not lowered. But songs that should have been lowered weren't. For example, Heart's Barracuda rose to $1.29. And the Katydids 1991 album Shangri-La, which wasn't anywhere near a hit release (and doesn't even have a Wikipedia article), stayed at $0.99. So did Camper Van Beethoven's and the Lyres' songs (don't act surprised if you haven't heard of these bands, just act surprised that you have to pay like you should have heard of them). In fact, even Ada Jones, a singer whose songs are PUBLIC DOMAIN (i.e. free, no one has copyrights to the songs), doesn't have a song for $0.69. So who does? The question is, at this point, who's going to care about those songs being lower priced? Way to stick to your promise, Apple.
