Why is itunes overpriced

Shouldn't ITunes be cheaper since there's nothing physical to manufacture??? Not to mention that ITunes music is of slightly lower quality due to the compression. Demand for CD's is going down, so they lower the price to a point people are willing to buy them. Simple economics really. I've always found iTunes to be cheaper, plus with most of the compilations i've bought you get the full tracks as well as the continuous mixes.

I don't know why anyone would buy a digital version of something which is more expensive than the physical copy its ridiculous frankly, its becoming the same on steam now also.

Weird, I know. The thing is. I already have like CDs on the shelf and cannot bear to squeeze in anymore. Just the thought of me buying a few more CDs and finding storage space for them is enough to make me sick. It's so nice to just download them off ITunes and store them on my little Ipod that can fit in my pocket. It's DRM free so you can use it wherever. Also, what if you only want three songs on a an album?

You have to buy the whole thing on a CD. With iTunes you can pick and choose, but that convenience comes at a premium. Albums are guaranteed sales - that is, you make? With iTunes, you only get the 99p from the single song.

CD cases take up a lot more space than a hard drive or two if you like backing up. But for other countries like Australia, Switzerland and Japan there is still significant price disparity. To me it makes no sense for a digital good like Angry Birds that once created can be distributed across the world for virtually the same extremely minimal cost to have such a variety of prices when the developer has set it at the lowest price bracket of 99c.

The below graphic shows what this person purchased, a new release album, three current top hit singles, four iPhone apps and Pages for the iPad. What would the exact same items cost on the US iTunes store? Short answer is no, as far as I can tell Apple does not include the tax value in the price shown in the iTunes store which is where I am getting the prices from but rather adds the value of tax and adds it onto the emailed receipt you get after purchases.

So clearly for consumers in countries in which there are inflated prices for music and app purchases there is a problem that Apple should try and alleviate. One solution is selling and displaying everything in US dollars in the App Store.

In fact Apple does this, except it is limited to the Stores operating in countries with only App Stores some examples include China, Brazil and Indonesia. I can only hope they start offering better deals. Feb 12, PM. Again a lot of complainers blame Apple - they are a merchant and distribute the content. These prices are likely set by the content owners - remember - Apple does not own the content - they are distributing the content.

Apple gets a certain amount for providing the service function of 'serving' the goods. What ever amount Apple is getting for the service they still have to pay for the operations cost etc,. There are lots of articles on the web about iTunes, iTunes pricing, and what speculated profit Apple makes.

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