I've been a steadfast member since 2001, and have never had problems using my 50 or even 75 credits, but this will be it for me. The only time I haven't used all my credits is in the past few months, as the site got larded up with the Sony catalog, and it became impossible to actually discover any new music; if I didn't know exactly what I wanted, it was a useless exercise. The site will be that much worse when they add UMG. Honestly, I think they'll probably be dead in a year, as this latest expansion of the catalog will likely drive more folks away, and their not going to compete with iTunes or Amazon for major label downloads. I think they really had a chance about 18 months ago to stake a claim to being unique - to being the Waterloo or Easy Street or ear x-tacy of online music - but they've decided to be Best Buy. I mean, what's their slogan going to be, we're just like iTunes now but cheaper? Inertia is a powerful force, and folks aren't going to go en masse to save .25 a track. Just like I won't mind paying a little bit more to get the things I really want from CD Baby or Kool Kat or the artists themselves. ________________________________ From: lauree To: audities@smoe.org Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 10:35:20 AM Subject: Re: new Emusic pricing (again!) I have my account on hold until I see what it will turn into. I have the $19.99 for 50 price plan, and I'll likely see an increase for tracks. I also have trouble finding 50 downloads a month, mainly because they don't have the stuff I'm looking for and I'm moving toward buying physical product again. Also, I'm trying to buy more direct from bands or indie labels. the last few downloads from emusic, I had to download twice due to the interface saying tracks downloaded but didn't actually appear on my machine. my account has been on a few 3 month holds in the past year, so I probably wouldn't miss it. lauree -- music http://www.last.fm/user/bluflower/ photos http://flickr.com/photos/bluflower myspace http://www.myspace.com/lauree blog http://wordtravelsfast.net/ ======================================================================= Detailed Audities-List information: To manage your Audities List settings or unsubscribe: