Except for those of us who have years of ripped music. Do not want to have to pull out the CDs again! Nor do I want to pay Apple $2000 for the songs that I already have... 2000 songs x 0.99 each.
“Except for those of us who have years of ripped music. Do not want to have to pull out the CDs again! Nor do I want to pay Apple $2000 for the songs that I already have... 2000 songs x 0.99 each.”
iTunes Match, for $25/yr., scans your iTunes library and allows you to download a 256Kb AAC version no matter where your original file came from. It’s like money laundering for MP3s. The record labels apparently decided that a little money is better than none for all those songs folks got from Napster back in the day and are still listening to.
The AAC files are DRM-free, so you could pay for a year, take your time converting songs, and cancel. It was worth it for me not to have to re-rip all the CDs I ripped at 128 back when storage space was scarce (not to mention the songs from various and sundry other places).