Ok, so we all know that I am older than Elrond*, so I’m more likely to be ‘un-cool’ and buy stuff on an older format anyway, but having just bought a CD, I think my reasoning is pretty sound.<\/p>\n
First, I have a partner with a car that has no mp3 player, so having a CD means I can play it in her car.<\/p>\n
Secondly, I still have 2 CD players in the house. (maybe 3, now I think about it), and this way I can play the music in those, as well as on my PC.<\/p>\n
Thirdly, I can always rip the CD to mp3 format anyway, and get all the benefits of mp3 playback.<\/p>\n
Fouthly, I’m an ex-muso-snob with good hearing, and CD’s sound better than most mp3s.<\/p>\n
These are pretty specific to the CD vs MP3 format, but one of the other reasons was more applicable to buying anything online, and even applicable to indie gaming.<\/p>\n
Basically, I heard some music on a TV ad or show (can’t even remember) and it was by a guy who I heard sing news year eve on TV, and pushed me over the edge into thinking “yup, I’l; get that album”, While I thought this, I had a laptop, and a cat sat on my legs, preventing movement. The laptop didn’t have itunes installed, and frankly installing itunes annoys the fuck out of me.<\/p>\n
Itunes wants to be in charge of me. I am the humble customer, and it knows best. It will insist on running all the time, as a windows service, whether I like it or not. It thinks it’s desire to run 24\/7 is more important than my desire to have my machine setup slimmed down and reliable. Fuck that.
\nSo I don’t have itunes on this PC. I do, however have a web browser, so I went to amazon and ordered the CD. It was easy, done in 2 clicks, and I didn’t have to install any clients, or run any software in order to get what I paid for.<\/p>\n
In a sense, I just did the music equivalent of buying a PC game direct and getting a direct .exe link in return. It was way less hassle, and very satisfying, and also very encouraging, because obviously, this is what I do with Positech, as opposed to inflicting a ‘client’ on people, and it’s good to see that it has bonuses for the buyer.<\/p>\n
Plus it was only \u00a32 :D<\/p>\n
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Ok, so we all know that I am older than Elrond*, so I’m more likely to be ‘un-cool’ and buy stuff on an older format anyway, but having just bought a CD, I think my reasoning is pretty sound. First, I have a partner with a car that has no mp3 player, so having a<\/p>\n