MP3's Wish
from the let’s-all-jump-onto-a-subscription-based-model dept
MP3.com has decided to re-launch their my.mp3.com service, with the brilliant idea of charging user for a subscription service. Not a bad idea if they provide a Napster like service, but a terrible one if they offer the same service they had a few months ago.
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Furthermore their mp3s were high quality, complete & static-free which is not always the case with Napster mp3s.
It was like having your whole CD collection accessable from anywhere; you didn't have to hunt like you did with napster.
What I'm not so sure about is a subscription fee. Why would I pay a monthly fee to listen to music I've already bought? Wouldn't I just be better off buying a nice firewire hard-disk and carrying my music with me?
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The service still might find some subscribers who appreciate the convenience, but customer expectations are completely different for a free vs a pay service. A lot of the CD's in my collection weren't in their database, and others would take forever to be "beamed." If I were a paying customer, I'd probably not have been too happy.
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