Plus is nice. But converting to MP3 is still an extra step, which is (a) a pain, (b) another lossy generation, and (c) buying the Plus track still adds monetary and marketshare support to a system which continues to be rooted firmly in record-company-mandated DRM. These issues are unimportant to some, a marginal inconvenience to others, and a deal-breaker for a few.



Which I totally applaud Amazon for. Too bad they don't have the international side of things sewn up as nicely as Apple does.