iTunes - you’re going down. Maybe.
Since September last year, Amazon has offered an alternative to Apple’s iTunes - a potentially better alternative - in the form of Amazon MP3.
I say it has the potential to offer a better service because the songs you download are, first and foremost, cheaper, of a higher quality, and DRM-free. It can’t hope to compete with iTunes yet - downloading isn’t as quick and simple, and there are currently around half as many songs available as there are on iTunes - and this is coupled with it being a new service, and not having Apple’s dedicated following, and half the world using iPods and iTunes to sync. and play music anyway. Hopefully though, with Amazon MP3 being made available all around the world in 2008, and a foray into the video download business using similarly cheap pricing, higher quality and freedom from DRM, it will stand a chance of competition and success. I’ll certainly be using it when it becomes available in the UK.
A comprehensive comparison can be found here.