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Update: Amazon launches DRM-free MP3 store (and Wanderer’s feeble attempts to buy a track)

In my last post, I left you at the end, saying that I’ll try using 1-Click. Well, in short, it didn’t work. Well, so much for brash consumer confidence and irrational exuberance. Oh well, too bad for them then. Won’t see a penny (or 89 pennies) of my hard-earned money then. Also, there’s always BitTorrent, so no love lost here.

Motivational Poster: Disappointment

Do you hear that, RIM? Instead of going after people pirating your crap, why don’t you concentrate on what’s important, giving the consumer what they want. I don’t want RM50 albums filled with only one or two songs that I want to listen and the rest padded with disposable filler crap. I want RM0.99 MP3 downloads. Give me that and you might see a slight pick-up in sales. I mean, come on, who still listens to CD?

Music: Amazon launches DRM-free MP3 store (and Wanderer’s feeble attempts to buy a track)

Amazon.com MP3 Downloads

Engadget, Gizmodo and Lifehacker simultaneously posted the following interesting tidbit, Amazon launching its new DRM-free MP3 store. So, in the interest of scientific discovery, I shall show support for the greedy recording companies hardworking artists and attempt to purchase a track or two from Amazon’s MP3 store. Click on the link below to read more about my adventures in brash consumer optimism.

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