It's almost eerie that you post this thread, as I'm currently listening to TWiT, and they JUST spoke about this. It's like you're in my head! ![]()
Personally, I don't think it would be as good as Apple's, but that's just me.
I think they mentioned this on BOL on Friday? They definitely mentioned it on TWIT. I'm wondering what people think about this. What would make you want to buy an Amazon player and subscribe to their service?
First, I'm like Tom, I want to buy individual songs. So, if they don't have that option I'm not even going to be interested, frequent Amazon shopper that I am.
Second, I think if they have their own branded player, they'll have to sell it at a really good price to get a bunch of new users. Like, below cost. Esp. if they want to get people hooked into a monthly subscription thing.
I personally hate the fact that you have to have iTunes or Internet Explorer to download songs, it seems. If anyone knows a service where you can pay for individual songs and you don't need IE to do it, please let me know. Most of them use IE and Windows Media player because of DRM. I hate having to use IE if I can possibly help it.
I'm interested to hear what others think about this and whether they would buy it.

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