The Amazon MP3 Store
The new Amazon MP3 Store looks like no previous iTunes Store rival. The music is completely DRM-free, encoded at a very respectable 256 kbps, includes a ton of songs from major record labels, and offers terrific software support for Mac OS X.
John Gruber makes Amazon’s new MP3 store sound pretty attractive, especially with the lower pricing. The only negative that he describes is download app that you have to install for album purchases. I can see why they did it (auto-add to iTunes), but I don’t like that they used an installer for just a single app.
I’m going to give them a try next time I need to buy music if the title I want is either cheaper on Amazon or if it is the same price but iTunes only sells a DRMed version.