What Magic Is This?
Just stealing an item I posted on Facebook:
Just got an email from Amazon saying that tracks from many of the CDs I bought from Amazon since 1998 can now be downloaded as MP3s trough their Cloud Player. Do they think I’ve been sitting here with the CDs on my desk for the last ten years, looking at them, then looking at the computer, saying, “If only there were some way to make the digital information on these discs available to my computer! Sadly, such wonders are far beyond the ken of mortals such as me!”
The kicker is, some of the CDs that Amazon has in my “bought” registry were puchased as gifts. So now I have MP3 copies of songs I never actually wanted in my cloud player along with what must be my 15th cop of Losing My Religion. (I have one in the corner, and one in the spotlight . . .)
If I were using Cloud Player instead of iTunes, and if I were buying CDs instead of digital copies, the AutoRip feature might be useful going forward. And I suppose it’s nice to know I have a backup backup if I lose my digital files AND my CDs. But this seems like a lot of work for Amazon to implement for a feature that just adds even more digital clutter to my life.
About Dave Thomer
Born and raised in Philadelphia. Studied philosophy at Fordham University in the Bronx, where I made many great friends and met my wonderful wife. We moved back to Philadelphia, where I studied philosophy some more and became a teacher. Online and off, I'm looking for ways that we can be better citizens and build stronger communities.