Last June Apple was the number three music retailer behind dominant brick and mortar retailers Wal-Mart and Best Buy. According to Ars Technica some Apple employees received an email today which included a spreadsheet of NPD Group's latest research of top ten music retailers in the United States. Apple had become the number one music retailer in the US.
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This isn't very surprising news at all. With the convenience of music right at your computer, which most people have these days, you never have to leave your room. Now I don't buy music, but I still don't get what I listen to illegally. Lets just say that I'm no audiofile. But yeah, cd's and music store's all together aren't going to last much longer. I actually don't personally know anyone with a cd player anymore.
This does not come to me as a big surprise to me either.
And for me it's not about the convience of buying online, it's NOT having to pay between $15 and $20 for the two songs i like, and 12 others that vary between sucking and absolute filler trash.
I like getting the songs i like, not a bunch i won't listen too.
Quote:I actually don't personally know anyone with a cd player anymore.
I'm one! I still have my big stereo and my extensive cd collection, that i use frequently at home. But, i haven't bought a cd in...well...quite a while.
i Have a BoomBox ManuFactured back in April 1994 that has a Cd Player Built in Still Sounds Good for its age too.
MC Hammer Anyone, You cant Touch This
yeah not suprized at all.
And with the DRM Destroying tools out there its a great way to buy music.
I wonder if people know that Wal-Mart now sells their music in mp3 non-DRM format. The price did go up a little bit from their original price of .88 cents. They are now .94 which is 5 cents cheaper than Amazon.
The majority of the MP3s are encoded at 256 kbps, with others at 192 kbps.
I'm one of the people that didn't buy a CD last year. I just don't like most of the crap that is on the radio anymore, so there is no reason to go out and buy the CDs.
