2006-10-17 03:35:17 · 4 answers · asked by Sleepyguy 4 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
iTunes you are buying the song to keep forever.
Yahoo you are renting, when you cancel service you no longer have access to the songs.
2006-10-17 03:43:07 · answer #1 · answered by Kainoa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but you forgot the fine print....
Yahoo is only $5 a month, and you have access to your songs - AS LONG AS YOU PAY THE $5 A MONTH.
Stop paying the $5 a month, and you've lost all your songs.
Buy a song in iTunes, and it's yours. You can also burn audio cd's in iTunes, and give those to your friends - which they can then rip onto their computers, and put onto their iTunes.
I don't know if Yahoo will let you import songs off of your own (or friends) cd's - I haven't bothered trying it.
I'd go with iTunes - you get to keep the songs.
2006-10-17 10:45:29 · answer #2 · answered by Flint 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is a trick to keep the songs. First you will need an optical out on your computer. That would give you the best sound digitally. Although you can use a headphone jack. Then you would need a portable minidisc recorder. Using the recorder, you can record all the songs you 'rent' on Yahoo Unlimited to your minidisc recorder and they're yours for life unless you erase the disc. That's how I've recorded dvd-audio music to minidisc and made it portable.
2006-10-17 14:13:49 · answer #3 · answered by Scott C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
iPod won't work with Yahoo Unlimited or any other subscription style music service and iTunes only works with iPod. So it kinda depends on what kind of mp3 player you have.
2006-10-17 18:08:03 · answer #4 · answered by fiskeri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋