iTunes Tiered Pricing Goes Live, Sucks

By Andrew

Today, Apple implemented their latest iTunes tweek: tiered pricing. WTF is that, you ask? Well, on paper, it means that more popular songs will now go for $1.29, up from $0.99, and other, less in-demand songs will go for only $0.69. Seems reasonable enough. But really, all that ends up happening is that you get screwed out of $0.30 every time you want to download the newest hits off the radio (there still is radio, right?). And as for the $0.69 tracks – they seem to be extremely elusive. Even the techies over at Gizmodo had a hard time finding a single one!

Fortunately, there are ways around paying for these tracks: shop at Amazon.com, which has a lot of the ‘Top 1o’ tracks, of the same exact quality as Apple’s now DRM-free options, still selling for $0.99. And to make shopping for the best priced track, Adventageous MP3, a niftly little program for both Windows and Mac, will automatically check the iTunes price against the Amazon price, to alert you of the best deal. So don’t get stuck forking out an extra $0.30 – these days, every cent counts.

(Image: Gizmodo)