March 18, 2008

iTunes dirty laundry

It's a dirty little secret of iTunes that when you buy albums, you may not necessarily be getting the whole album. By comparing albums on iTunes with the contents of CDs sold by Amazon, I've found a number of albums that are missing tracks - but they're still represented as complete on iTunes.

I don't get it. Am I missing Apple telling us this? Yes, I like instant gratification, but if it misses getting the whole album - as opposed to buying it on Amazon, waiting for delivery, and then ripping with iTunes, why do it?

Posted by artandscience at March 18, 2008 07:51 AM
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