Jan 6, 2009 15
Think the new $0.69 iTunes Price is cheap? It’s nothing compared to Zune Pass.
What’s that you say? Subscription sucks because you want to own your music? Here are some numbers for you.
| iPod Classic 120GB | Zune 120GB |
| $224 @ Amazon | $239 @ Amazon.com |
| $0.69 DRM | $14.99/mo. |
| 16,000 songs | 16,000 songs |
| $11,040 | 61 years @ 14.99/mo. |
What’s that you say? let me explain a little further. I pay $14.99 per month with my Zune Pass subscription. It gives me access to millions of songs to download, and I get to keep 10 songs DRM free per month. At iTunes prices, DRM free is $1.29, so that’s $12.99 worth if iTunes music per month, and I get to download unlimited DRM’d music to listen to for the additional $2 per month.
Basically, if you were to fill up your iPod Classic 120GB device with the cheaper DRM’d music at $0.69 per song, it would cost you roughly $11,000. I can download at will, all I want for $14.99 a month for the same songs at the same quality, also under DRM control. At the monthly rate, I would be 95 years old by the time it because more expensive than buying them from iTunes. That’s 61 years!
I have been a devoted Zune/Zune Pass user for about 3 months now, I have two iPods that I haven’t touched in that time. The device is awesome, great interface, built in FM Radio and Wifi that allows you to sync wirelessly and download new music wirelessly.
Why are you still using an iPod again?
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