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16 gigs for 40+ bucks is nuts considering you can find them on bensbargains for less than 20. Here's a 32 gig for 30 bucks: http://bensbargains.net/deal/85232/
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wow, so lets make music more annoying? Techdirt is pretty much dead on: http://techdirt.com/articles/20080922/0247072325.shtml CDs are not worth 7-10$ though, not digital. Digital should be cheaper than physical, not identical.
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also note that amazon is slowly trying to make the low ratings irrelevant. 2164 reviews that are 1 star out of 2,415 and a total of 90 that are 5 star does not average out to 1.5/5 rating, it averages out to like 1.1 rating (not enough to warrant the half star). So they're trying to use some math to not make it look like a complete scum of a game
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This is a 100% straw man article. The real question should be "what level of intrusive advertising do we consider acceptable". Nobody outright refuses all ads, but it's different when it's a couple seconds before a video starts than say completely stopping the video halfway for an ad. Measure to watch: intrusiveness (aka making actual