Nov
24
Music downloads vs ringtones (price-wise)
The Wall Street Journal, on the labels’ push for higher-priced tunes since “hey, ringtones go for $2.5 or more!”:
“Ringtones are meant for showing off in public [...] people are much fussier about having the right one, having it sound good and being able to change it the second they feel it no longer represents them—all things that command a premium price. Downloaded music, on the other hand, isn’t principally meant for public broadcast—music players have headphones for a reason.”
Excellent reasoning, and one that most of us have missed. [via]
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