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Re: [News] Tesco Stops Defective-by-Design-only, Windows-only Downloads

____/ Homer on Wednesday 16 April 2008 23:53 : \____

> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> 
>> Tesco breaks free of WMA chains
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | TESCO DIGITAL will soon be launched in the UK. The partly DRM-free
>> | music download concern will now offer 1.6 million Ipod-friendly MP3
>> | files alongside the current roster 1.7-million Windows-hamstringed
>> | tunes.
>> `----
>> 
>>
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/tesco-breaks-free-wma-chains
>> 
>> 
>> Finally. Choice.
> 
> Cool. I've been with Tesco (groceries) online for years, so I won't even
> have to sign up, I can just start downloading.
> 
> I'm still waiting for Amazon's UK MP3 service (slated for this year).
 
Somebody ought to set up an Ogg service too. There's a niche market to address
there. To tell you the truth, I think streaming is the future. Even for mobile
devices, the prospects of meshes with Google and Android involved are not so
far fetched.

-- 
                ~~ Best of wishes

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