Economy Effecting iTunes Prices?
Posted by Jason Cain on Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Under: Technology
Well today was a sad day for me (I know, drama king!), I just found out that iTunes song prices went up! At first I heard they changed so I thought, Yes! Lower prices! but no, now it went up. The price for a song to download on iTunes is now $1.29! But I'm not going to completely freak over it, some other songs that aren't as popular will stay at 99c. Which makes sense, why charge more for songs people won't even download? So you oldies fans are okay, it will actually be cheaper. As announced in MacWorld, there are now three prices on iTunes for songs, 69c for the oldies, $1.29 for the "hot-new-hits", and 99c for other things. 99c was so comforting! Ha ha.
Is the price change because of the economy? But why would Apple, a great solid business have to raise prices on song downloads? They get plenty money! At least it was only raised 30c. So there are some bright sides...
1. The older songs are now cheaper, so now you don't have to pay as much for some 70's song as you would a David Cook song.
2. They still have the price of 99c for songs that are still moderately new, but not at the top of the charts.
So now your iTunes gift-card will be going out of wack! $10 won't buy you 10 songs anymore! You might have purchases of all different prices.
Now it leaves a question... what will the economy effect next? Will the prices of a MacBook go up even higher? That is a pretty scary thought! Will the price of a simple iPod Shuffle go up? I don't think so because really the cause of the whole thing was the music industry, but why would Apple do that? You would think with the economy the prices should go down.
Is the price change because of the economy? But why would Apple, a great solid business have to raise prices on song downloads? They get plenty money! At least it was only raised 30c. So there are some bright sides...
1. The older songs are now cheaper, so now you don't have to pay as much for some 70's song as you would a David Cook song.
2. They still have the price of 99c for songs that are still moderately new, but not at the top of the charts.
So now your iTunes gift-card will be going out of wack! $10 won't buy you 10 songs anymore! You might have purchases of all different prices.
Now it leaves a question... what will the economy effect next? Will the prices of a MacBook go up even higher? That is a pretty scary thought! Will the price of a simple iPod Shuffle go up? I don't think so because really the cause of the whole thing was the music industry, but why would Apple do that? You would think with the economy the prices should go down.
With the new prices, I think there won't be as many music downloads on iTunes, so then they would start losing money leading to even higher prices, or lower. Hopefully the music industry will let iTunes go back to the normal price.
One of the worst things about this is now Amazon and Walmart Music Downloads have followed in the foot steps of Apple.
Maybe there will be a discount for buying the full album of a new popular CD? I'm not sure, but that would be a good way to get more customers. Is the price change for better or worse?
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