The internet is global (okay, not in China), and there is absolutely no reason I should read, “Ny singel ute!” on an artist’s official site, see that it is supposedly available on iTunes, then search the iTunes store with zero results simply because the artist is not popular in North America. Magnus Uggla is one of the ugliest men I’ve ever seen, and a lot of people don’t like him because of his sometimes “politically charged” lyrics, but I like the sound of his voice, I like a good number of his songs (if the lyrics are political in nature, I wouldn’t understand it, and it’s not our politics anyway), and I had “24 Timmar” stuck in my head. Cute little song, and he doesn’t overdo the vocoder effect–sounds nice. Anyway, to me, the artist doesn’t matter, only the music does. For all I care, he can fuck goats and eat babies for breakfast. I looked on Telia’s music site, and they’ve got it, but the price is equivalent to $2.19 USD, which is a lot for one song. I thought I’d just get it from iTunes, but it apparently detected that I’m in the US and returned no results for a search of either artist or title. Thank you, iTunes, for deciding what I’m allowed to hear. Also, fuck off. What is the goddamned difference? It’s just a data transfer and no different whether it’s going from their server to a small town in western Sweden or a small town in southern Illinois. Same thing! If I can hear a song on Favorit or RixFM because I can listen to their online broadcast, why can’t I buy it? I would–I’d love to, in spite of DRM–but they sure don’t make it easy for me.
Why the legal way sucks:
Why one alternative (which shall remain unnamed..hehe) doesn’t:
