What do you get when you combine a Last.fm profile and Amazon's MP3 Downloads?
You get personally tuned, streaming radio (my favorite is "My Neighborhood" in Discovery Mode) with inexpensive, non-DRM, high-quality (256Kbps VBR) MP3 downloads just a few clicks away.
Wow. I just suddenly realized how much the iTunes Music Store missed the Web 2.0 boat. Good luck Apple; I'll still buy your computers & OS.
Here's a quick demo of how the Last.fm-Amazon combo works...
Listening to a Last.fm stream:
Jump directly to the Amazon album page:
Preview and buy any tracks or the whole album:
The barrier to entry?
You must create a Last.fm profile. That's a user account + installation of Last.fm's audio scrobbler app, which acts as an iTunes bridge & streaming radio player.
Also, an Amazon customer account with credit card on-file is required to make MP3 purchases.
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