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Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:12 am
by Patrick
For those of you living in the States:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/help/amd.html
Thank you Amazon!
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:42 pm
by dann
I beta'ed this for Amazon and it worked great from day one. I was bummed they asked me to keep it quiet until it was released because this is awesome. I'll have to dig up the feedback I sent them and post it. I had absolutely no problems using their down-loader. It was simple and fast. Two thumbs up!!
I hope this service kicks the crap out of iTunes, but they have an uphill battle as iTunes has the lionshare of the market and a lock on the most popular personal media device. Yet, it's beautiful that there is an alternative we FOSS users can engage in legally.
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:40 pm
by Tsuroerusu
dann wrote:I was bummed they asked me to keep it quiet until it was released because this is awesome.
To use a bit of very blunt OpenBSD terminology for a moment, did you sign your life away with an NDA?
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 3:43 pm
by allix
dann wrote: I was bummed they asked me to keep it quiet until it was released because this is awesome.
Dann, your being a naughty boy signing NDA's
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:09 pm
by snarkout
So, basically all this does is allow me to buy music that was previously marked as "album Only" - correct? Or was there some pricing deal where per-track albums were $$$ and per album they were cheap? Everything I've bought there has been $.99/song with the album price being the sum of the price of each track.
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:43 pm
by Patrick
Well I did buy a kids album for my son that has 23 tracks on it for $8.99. Much cheaper than 23 X .99 = $22.77.
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 8:03 pm
by dann
allix wrote:dann wrote: I was bummed they asked me to keep it quiet until it was released because this is awesome.
Dann, your being a naughty boy signing NDA's
No, I did not sign and NDA. I did, though, respect their wishes. Why burn bridges?
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:42 pm
by greggh
dann wrote:allix wrote:dann wrote: I was bummed they asked me to keep it quiet until it was released because this is awesome.
Dann, your being a naughty boy signing NDA's
No, I did not sign and NDA. I did, though, respect their wishes. Why burn bridges?
According to Stallman there are times when an NDA is fine. Watch the following starting at 6:40. It's pretty funny.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yz8yob-gRo
Re: Amazon downloader for Linux released
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:25 pm
by Tsuroerusu
greggh is right, this is pretty funny!
Greg, that "example" I would never have expected from Mr. Stallman!