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Unfortunately, I have a strong addiction to imports that aren't terribly popular in the US. Sometimes they're available via iTunes and then I'm in heaven because I can pay reasonable prices for something I enjoy.
Many times, alas, I have to buy CDs for twice their normal cost plus shipping, and then I wonder what ties these songs up. Contracts with record companies or distributors? Or are some just ignorant of how the internet has expanded their potential markets? Because languages are no longer limited to their former geographical boundaries, and for a person who speaks something not native to their own country, good music is a real delight.
I'm not picky about the difference between MP3 and a CD. I would just like to not have to budget quite so strictly for new music when it can normally be had for a dollar a song, and a quick scan of Amazon's service shows that this is still a pipe dream for me in most cases.
Maybe over time things will get better, and maybe Amazon's service will hasten that time. I can hope so, anyway! But my music heaven isn't perfect sound quality, it's affordable, genuinely global access to everything, and we still haven't reached that yet.
