Geetune? More Like Gimpedtune, Amirite?
If there *is* a legal music download service available in Singapore, I would definitely make use of it. However, said music must be DRM-free, able to be played anywhere, are of a great sound quality (ie. 256kbps VBR), won't have any restrictions, etc. Basically, I expect to own the songs that I have already purchased and expect that they would simply work.
And then you have crap like Geetune.com. Claiming to be the first legal music download service here, it sounded pretty good at first. A subscription-based service that lets you download thousands of songs anytime you want? Sure. But a closer look at what it's all about just kills the idea for me.
What's so bad about Geetune.com? Prithee, let us count the ways.
1) The subscription is tied to your ability to play the songs.If you stop your subscription, you can't play those songs which are sitting uselessly within the depths of your hard drive, lurking around like desperate hookers trapped on an island with celibate monks.
2) The basic subscription doesn't cover the songs being able to play on your mp3 player. Hey, play the songs all you want on your computer for as long as you keep paying us forever! Want to play them on the go? Pay more plz.
3) Speaking of mp3 players, guess what mp3 player is not supported by the service? The freaking Apple ipod. That's right. The world's most popular mp3 player isn't supported at all.
Marketing Executive 1: Hey! Let's make a really cool and hip subscription service for mp3s!
Marketing Executive 2: Sure! But our engineers can't seem to get our service working with this ipod thing.
Marketing Executive 1: So? It's only 90% of the market that we're not getting.
Aaaand fail Marketing 101.
4) So if you want to, you can actually purchase the songs. Except that each song costs $2, making an entire album of roughly 14 songs cost $28. Riiiiight.
5) And for all that shit, you get shit. What's the quality of the songs that you can lease from this site? A mere 192kbps CBR. And an mp3 that is encoded at 192kbps is akin to taking a really succulent steak dinner with potatoes and salad and throwing away everything that makes the dish what it is, leaving you with nothing but some parsley leaves to suck on, which are marinated only with the salt of the tears streaming down your face as you ponder the cruel cruel hand dealt to you by fate and your own inherent willingness to torture yourself.
TL;DR version: Geetune.com sucks.
And then you have crap like Geetune.com. Claiming to be the first legal music download service here, it sounded pretty good at first. A subscription-based service that lets you download thousands of songs anytime you want? Sure. But a closer look at what it's all about just kills the idea for me.
What's so bad about Geetune.com? Prithee, let us count the ways.
1) The subscription is tied to your ability to play the songs.If you stop your subscription, you can't play those songs which are sitting uselessly within the depths of your hard drive, lurking around like desperate hookers trapped on an island with celibate monks.
2) The basic subscription doesn't cover the songs being able to play on your mp3 player. Hey, play the songs all you want on your computer for as long as you keep paying us forever! Want to play them on the go? Pay more plz.
3) Speaking of mp3 players, guess what mp3 player is not supported by the service? The freaking Apple ipod. That's right. The world's most popular mp3 player isn't supported at all.
Marketing Executive 1: Hey! Let's make a really cool and hip subscription service for mp3s!
Marketing Executive 2: Sure! But our engineers can't seem to get our service working with this ipod thing.
Marketing Executive 1: So? It's only 90% of the market that we're not getting.
Aaaand fail Marketing 101.
4) So if you want to, you can actually purchase the songs. Except that each song costs $2, making an entire album of roughly 14 songs cost $28. Riiiiight.
5) And for all that shit, you get shit. What's the quality of the songs that you can lease from this site? A mere 192kbps CBR. And an mp3 that is encoded at 192kbps is akin to taking a really succulent steak dinner with potatoes and salad and throwing away everything that makes the dish what it is, leaving you with nothing but some parsley leaves to suck on, which are marinated only with the salt of the tears streaming down your face as you ponder the cruel cruel hand dealt to you by fate and your own inherent willingness to torture yourself.
TL;DR version: Geetune.com sucks.