Talk:Comparison of digital music stores

message: Spotify is a music service built around a business model that focuses on advertising to support providing music to customers at no cost. Besides this they also offer a premium service that is advertisement free but costs about $15/month. The Spotfy service is mainly available in Europe where it's big in UK and Sweden.
Now I wonder, should Spotify be included in this list? Does is qualify as an online music store? Even if it doesn't might it still be of value to viewer of this list looking a suitable way to consume music? --John Ericson (talk) 21:43, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should Spotify be included in the list? 

message: My recent mp3 purchase through zune marketplace was 256kbps, not 320kbps. It was a major artist, and a recent release. Maybe MS has changed their standard? Can it be noted that not all mp3 purchases are 320kbps? 98.220.233.157 (talk) 16:12, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Zune marketplace 

message: Beatport is missing from this list. They're DRM free with MP3 (320bkps) and WAV formats.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.70.106.30 (talk) 02:23, 19 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beatport.com 

message: PennyMP3 is interesting, but it's affiliate-based so effectively a commercial link, no? How about replacing it with TuneTuzer, which is similar but non-commercial and covers a wider range... We could include both but I don't really see much need for PennyMP3 to be there at all. Ozaru 21:07, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links 

message: Should AllTunes be listed? Or is there some reason it doesn't belong? – Quadell (talk) (random) 21:47, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alltunes 

message: Sure they review the music stores, but they only reviewed 3 of the currently 13 online stores posted. In addition the links they provide on their website they are getting paid for you to click on.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.214.220.182 (talk) 21:26, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: JFK 102.91.71.184 (talk) 19:38, 23 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  MusicDownloadReview should be removed from the External links section 

message: Amazon (MP3 music store) is only platform independent if you buy one track/song at a time. To buy a whole album, you need Windows or Max OSX  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.108.132.102 (talk) 14:50, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Amazon not totally platform independet 

message: Is Magnatunes.com owned by another of the companies already listed here, or it is yet to be added? (a5y (talk) 02:46, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Magnatunes.com?

message: I am trying to find a non ipod for a friend, and it seems that one of hte big things distinguishing itunes from the others is that the others are subscription based, that is, if you stop paying a monthly or annual fee, all your downloaded music stops working, which seems like a huge bad thing. Can we add this to the table (I don't know enough). Another usefull feature would be a pointer to a similar table of mp3 players Cinnamon colbert (talk) 20:16, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: continuation of subscription fee required should be added

message: I would edit this in myself, but I will refrain in fear of messing up the table.  However, the Wal-Mart music download service does provide mp3 format. Tabor (talk) 02:20, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Walmart provides mp3 format

message: THE ONLY RUSSIAN ONLINE MUSIC STORES, ALLOWED TO BE REFERENCED IN WIKIPEDIA, ARE THOSE ALREADY DEFUNCT, LIKE ALLOFMP3 AND MP3SPARKS ?
THANK YOU
A41202813@GMAIL.COM (talk) 21:48, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  RUSSIAN ONLINE MUSIC STORES. 

message: I was just wondering why not include free services like Ruckus Network as other subscription services like Rhapsody are on the list. Ruckus meets the qualification of 1 million songs so perhaps someone should add? --otduff t/c 09:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Ruckus Network

message: How come this store isn't included? First major/non-independent store in the UK to offer legal DRM-free digital downloads from major record labels. IceflamePhoenix (talk) 10:49, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: play.com

message: Right now, its "light" (non-subscription) service still offers DRM-WMA.
As I see here Napster is planning to go non-DRM MP3 (for "light" service) in Q2 2008.  
Therefore, the information about DRM free MP3 in article is not accurate.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.31.161 (talk) 22:14, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Napster does not offer DRM-free MP3 yet 

message: The Napster specifications have been updated per information easily viewable on their home page and publicized in recent releases. Napster now has over 6 million downloads (it hasn't had three million since 2006) in DRM-free MP3 format (as of release 4.5 on June 20, 2007).
Please be sure to check for updated references and updating said references rather than reverting changes as this is counter productive.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Countxerowiki (talk • contribs) 21:26, 18 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Numerous Updates to Napster 

message: The site seems to be defunct. --99.186.111.95 (talk) 06:12, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Musicishere.com 

message: iTunes Store is not available worldwide. If you check the reference link ([15]), you will see that most countries do have the app store, ibookstore and game center services, but not the iTunes Store service, which is the one providing music. iTunes Store is not even close to 'Worldwide' - should be changed to 'Some'. --C4andrei (talk) 12:29, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The list of countries where the iTunes Store is available, based on the iTunes Store Terms and Conditions: USA, UK, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. I have changed the geographic restriction from 'Worldwide' to 'Some'. C4andrei (talk) 18:00, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  iTunes Store 

message: Should they be included in the list?  Should we limit the article to stores that allow music to be saved? What about cached music? What about subscriptions like Rhapsody and Napster? -kslays (talk • contribs) 23:53, 9 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Those you mention are actually music streaming services, and they have a separate list page. C4andrei (talk) 17:20, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about [[Grooveshark]], [[Pandora]], [[Slacker]], [[Spotify]] and [[Last.fm]]? 

message: Entries with rowspan="2" (used to show multiple sections) break when sorting certain ways. Tested on Firefox 3.6.15. This is used in the iTunes store entry and the HMV Group entry. 99.54.140.83 (talk) 01:10, 11 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  rowspan="2" broken 

message: It would be useful to have a column for pricing model (i.e. what % of the money goes to the artist). Kingturtle = (talk) 01:03, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  pricing model 

message: Anyone want to take a stab at adding Google Music? It seems like it meets the requirements. Atomsf (talk) 19:03, 2 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone has added Google Play. --Pmsyyz (talk) 23:03, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Google Music 

message: Shouldn't Rdio be added in this page? They boast a huge collection, and is often compared to Spotify among others 202.3.77.239 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 02:56, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No, Rdio is a :Category:Streaming music services not a store where you can purchase tracks to keep. --Pmsyyz (talk) 23:03, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rdio 

message: How about a column noting which allow you to store your music online and stream it?  I know Amazon Cloud Player and Google Play have this. --Pmsyyz (talk) 23:03, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Online storage 

message: Can someone update the number of tracks (Million) in the table please?  As of this date, iTunes state 45 million, 7digital 32 million tracks (unconfirmed), Amazon state 50 million songs.  However, Google Play and Tidal still state 40 million tracks.  HDtracks state 4 million tracks.  I could not find any information with the other stores listed in the table.  Sylvester8294 (talk) 02:56, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update the number of tracks 

message: Looking back in the edit history, the Trial column had some semblance of meaning back in 2011, when some download stores had subscription plans or credits, and trials associated with that.  Over the years, those have disappeared, and the Trial column became conflated with stores that also had streaming music services.  Since this comparison is solely for music download stores, and there are separate articles available for music streaming services, the Trial column is entirely inappropriate for this comparison now.  I audited all the remaining stores listed here with something under the Trial column, and they are all referring to a streaming music service component.  As such, I am removing the Trial column as no longer relevant.   Tabanger  12:03, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removing Trial column 

message: At least one listed service (HDtracks) in the table offers Direct Stream Digital format audio.  That should probably be a column because it’s drastically different from the other formats (eg., WAV and FLAC can be trivially converted without loss).
I saw another store with DSD, too, but I forget its name.  Blue something… —Pish1le (talk) 17:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  DSD format column