Napster tries $5 subscription with 5 downloads
updated 08:10 am EDT, Mon May 18, 2009
Napster 5 Track Stream
Napster this morning tried an alternative to its struggling unlimited and per-track download services by offering an especially low-cost plan. The new plan limits unlimited access to streaming through the web but gives users five MP3 songs to keep each month; in return, subscribers pay just $5 per month. Napster continues to give access to radio stations and playlists and sees the new plan as a way of letting users explore music in a platform-independent way for those who prefer singles instead of whole albums.
US residents get access to the plan today; international releases haven't been detailed.
The option is just a fraction of the $10 regular and $15 Napster To Go plans and is likely a concession to the current marketplace. Both of the more expensive plans offer unlimited downloads but only in a copy-protected Windows Media format, whose incompatibility with iPhones and iPods has given users few incentives to adopt Napster's subscription service. Per track sales continue to depend on MP3s.












who?
05/18, 09:05am reply
What is Napster? never heard of them....
Herod
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Re: who?
05/18, 09:41am reply
And hilarity ensues! Man, that never gets old.
What is surprising, though, is that they're still around. I haven't heard anything about Napster for a looooong time. Seriously guys, think about marketing!
testudo
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re: Re: who?
05/18, 09:57am reply
Marketing? I'm sure they need money for that.
koolkid1976
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Still around?
05/18, 10:32am reply
Those guys are still around? Seriously? This isn't a April fools joke that got delayed?
Well good for them. I mean, how are you going to tell people how Apple was right not to implement some stupid idea if nobody implements said idea and shows you how stupid it was?
myramoki
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Limited to streaming...
05/18, 01:16pm reply
through the web. No, I think I'll pass. If this had been unlimited DLs I would have signed up.
dpicardi
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