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I just bought a new album from Amazon and found out they want me to download and install some custom program just to download some mp3's. This does not make sense to me from a technical standpoint - I purchase and download albums and songs from other vendors without a problem - usually they will provide a zip file if you get an entire album, or a plain mp3 if you buy one song. What is so special about Amazon's MP3's that they won't transfer over normal http?
1That answer gives one small possible benefit of using the downloader. It doesn't give a reason for why this is required, or why the obvious alternative (downloading the files directly from the browser) is not supported. – Peter – 2012-05-24T02:10:39.260
1However, this is probably as close to an answer as I'll get, as it looks like it is probably a marketing reason and not a technical one that they require it. – Peter – 2012-05-24T02:15:02.763
I am sure it has to do with DRM – Moab – 2012-05-24T15:30:49.587