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Old 14th February 2009, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by KarenPang View Post
she sure's smart in thinking such a concept

I wouldn't be surprised if other major labels will follow her eg. in due time as physical CD sales are declining every year it goes by
I doubt that. The reason physical CD sales is declining is because it's more convenient and cheaper to buy an album/single online. This REALLY doesn't offer anything new that would motivate people to buy USB sticks instead of buying songs from iTunes, except for the appeal of having a pretty Ayu USB stick.

Think about it... If you REALLY want the songs in .mp3 format or whatever versus having them on a CD, which are you more likely to do..? Are you more likely to spend $15 or whatever to buy the songs from iTunes, or $70 for the same songs plus a little stick?

And as for CD vs. USB stick... Well I can play the CD in my car, a portable CD player, a DVD player, my computer, etc., and the CD is better quality. Whereas I can play the USB stick in... probably just my computer. Plus it's probably non-copyable and less quality than CD.

To me, the USB stick thing just doesn't make sense.
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