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Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:00 AM

Amazon's MP3 store: Better than iTunes

For the first time, there's real competition to Apple's online music shop.
By Farhad Manjoo

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  • Thursday, September 27, 2007 02:08 PM

    Better for classical

    I love Apple, but for a classical fan one of the annoying things about the iTunes store is that they will make a section from a larger work available only if you buy the whole album. If an album has, say, two Beethoven symphonies and I only want one, I have to buy the whole thing. Not that it's a ton of money, but it it's manipulative and limits my freedom of choice.

    I've only checked a few Amazon selections out (damned if they weren't already recommended for me) and they don't seem to be playing the same game.

    Score one for Amazon. That alone could make it a better complement to eMusic.

    —Zakman44 Read Zakman44's other letters

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