[mynameisohyeah @ Jun 29th 2006 11:21PM]

Bobo- Dude have you tried Napster?
No? Because I have.
It's way better than iTunes and here's why.

No matter what online music store you flock to, the audio will never be "your's" no matter if you buy it or have it temporarily downloaded through a subscription. All DRM files suck especially if you can only play them on one brand of DAP. I would much rather have temporary DRM files. The thought of keeping any files that aren't fully mine to do what I please just gets me mad as hell. I'd rather just accept that in five years, I still would have way more songs than the subscription fees equal out to. And who knows, by then maybe a service will be available where you have a subscription and at the end of the subscription you'll be able to have full rights to as many songs as you would have had if you'd bought them originally. I think this is a feasible idea because that service would instantly become the most popular and they wouldn't really be losing any money at all...

I am much happier with Napster than any other service I've tried (Rhapsody-too many bugs, Yahoo-crappy looking, too small a library, iTunes-too small library, no subscription). It's like Kazaa except you pay a monthly fee, have a clean conscience, and don't have to spend hours of your life correcting some jackass's bad spelling of "Nervana." Not to mention the radio service that you can navigate through, playlists on the go, etc. The rest of my family has ipods and it's no contest as to who's DAP/music service combo owns more.