Are you just pissed that the non DRM stuff costs more? I dont think $1.29 for DRM free music is all that unreasonable. Hopefully they will be adding more material as time goes on. I say if you dont want DRM just buy it in a store and rip it yourself - whats so hard about that. Apple supports a wide variety of ripping codecs built right into their apps, and its not like the iPod requires you use DRM encoded material. I dont like DRM either, and I have never bought a track from iTunes. No big deal. I suppose I might not like the iTunes/iPod tie in, but I have never seen an MP3 Management app as good as iTunes. It is the best hands down, and it has no problem handling enormous quanities of MP3's. I suppose if you dont like having your hands tied to iTunes you could always buy a Zen or something, but then you wouldnt get the ipod interface, which is really what you are buying with an iPod...