Comments on: Buying Music: iTunes Store vs Amazon MP3 Downloads

By: Danielle

Danielle — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:46:55 +0000

Thank youuuu! (:

By: Dominic

Dominic — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:25:49 +0000

Yes you can & I’ve done it and know it works.

Worst comes to worst if you don’t choose to automatically import into iTunes (mentionned in the article), you can always use the manual way of importing songs in iTunes:
- If using PC : (In the menu) File > Add File to Library… or File > Add Folder to Library…
- If using Mac: (In the top menu) File > Add to Library…

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:45:06 +0000

So, if I buy music off of amazon.com I can put it into iTunes and onto my iPod? Has anyone actually done this and knows it works? I really don’t want to spend the money and then not be able to listen to it when I don’t have my computer…

By: melvyn

melvyn — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:54:44 +0000

Here’s the shorter version for non-US citizens:

Amazon: We don’t want your strange foreign money.
iTunes: Come on in.

By: MelangeX3

MelangeX3 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:49:50 +0000

I needed to replace some music from older cd’s that had gotten lost. I tried the iTunes route and was not impressed. It seemed like the software wanted to take over everything and was sort of confusing. I stumbled across the Amazon music downloader by accident. I have never used a plugin to buy something before and was a little nervous. I figured a big name like Amazon might be worth a try. I bought what I needed in 320kbs mp3 format for .99 each. Oh the simplicity! It was easy and intuitive and it even put the music right into WMP library (I understand it does this for iTunes library as well). As a multi-PC user, I have never had too much oppurtunity to play with the Apple products. For my needs which include syncing 3 Sansa mp3 players and a Windows Mobile Smartphone, I have to say Amazon Music Downloader.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:42:03 +0000

I’m definitely moving toward Amazon. I am no Apple hater…but the DRM alone is a pain to deal with. Not only that, there are too many non-intuitive hassles on iTunes. And I still don’t have the $1.29 option displaying for me.

Also, I went to buy the new album from a couple favorite artists (Phil Keaggy and Randy Stonehill). iTunes has it for $9.99, Amazon has it for $6.99…plus, no DRM and a higher bit-rate. Apple just completely loses on that score.

I still use iTunes for coordinating everything, because I haven’t found a good replacement for it, and I like the way it handles podcast subscriptions…effortless! But my money is going Amazon’s way now. Oh…and if you’re an audiobook lover like me…ALWAYS buy directly from Audible, instead of iTunes. It’s frequently cheaper (iTunes marks things up), and you have multiple audio quality formats available, and they have a sync thing set up just like Amazon does for importing into iTunes.

By: doorknob60

doorknob60 — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:55:27 +0000

AmazonMP# FTW. It’s great for Linux users. Before AmazonMP3, I had to reboot in to Windows just to buy music with iTUnes, but now I can do it from Linux, and I can getter a better format (I don’t really like M4A very much compared to MP3 and OGG).