woowoowoo » itunes http://www.woowoowoo.com photos, food, maps & rants Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:06:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Apple’s iTunes rip-off http://www.woowoowoo.com/2008/05/28/apples-itunes-gouge/ http://www.woowoowoo.com/2008/05/28/apples-itunes-gouge/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 11:14:45 +0000 andrew http://www.woowoowoo.com/2008/05/28/apples-itunes-gouge/ I remember waiting with huge anticipation for Apple to launch iTunes in Australia – the rumours got thicker and faster until it finally arrived. The store finally launched with tracks selling at $1.69 each.

At the time, as I recall, the aussie dollar was about $us0.65¢ so we were effectively paying about $us1.10 while the US pricing was only $us0.99¢ – that seemed a little unfair at the time, but no-one seemed too fussed.

Roll forward to today: the aussie dollar is sitting on $us0.95¢, but tracks are still the same price, which means we’re actually paying a little over $us 1.60 per track! That’s quite a bit more than our US counterparts – certainly enough to make most CDs better value.

With the parlous state of the US economy and their sliding dollar, I’m sure we’re not the only market where iTunes is starting to look expensive.

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