iTunes vs P2P

[Shibby]

How many people use iTunes and how much better is it than a P2P? or is it just about getting your music legally?

[FitnessBrat]

Well.....

itunes is legal, p2p is not
psp is free, itunes is not
itunes is safe, p2p is risky (virus)
itunes is a little more organized, whereas p2p is sometimes a weird version, or not good quality, etc...

[Shibby]

I have retyped this four times now and it always seems to sound harsh, but it's not meant that way so don't take it that way :)..

I know all this but I'm looking for peoples reasoning on using each. You just gave me the pro's and cons of each.

[FitnessBrat]

But that is my reasoning for each. I've used both. I probably won't use p2p ever again - it messed up my computer and really messed up FH's.

[Shibby]

But that is my reasoning for each. I've used both. I probably won't use p2p ever again - it messed up my computer and really messed up FH's.

Thank you, that was more the answer I was looking for. The first one didn't say what you use and why.

[FitnessBrat]

I'm sort of stuck right now in deciding as well. I was using a monthly plan, where you can download however many songs you want. But as soon as you stop the service, all your songs disappear. I hate to pay .99 a song as well. I had my sister download a bunch to a disc for me (she used bearshare), but now I don't live near her :wacko:

[Shibby]

I really don't mind paying a dollar a song soon, because we will be having more money soon to use for stuff like that, that we didn't have before. If it's always a perfect sounding download, you only have to download one and I'm better protected from virus' it seems worth it.

[FitnessBrat]

I think I'd prefer to just buy cd's. That's usually cheaper than $1 a song.

[Shibby]

I don't like to have a bunch of CD's, I like to compile my own stuff together.

[Bouncer]

yea, my issue would be quality, itunes seems to be best.