Wasn't 1999 the peak of the price gouging from the record labels? It was like $20-25 for a new album for a ton of the major record labels from what I remember.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD_price_fixing

[–] flipthetube@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago

Yes, albums weren’t $10, even on small labels. We were dropping $20+ hoping for the best. In some cases convincing ourselves it was good, just because we spent so much on it.

[–] iamdisillusioned@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My budget for CDs maxed out at $16. After that, I had to moved to Napster.

[–] nevalem@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure I owe my career in computers to the high seas. Napster led to irc, which led to the endless rabbit hole of many a sleepless night in the chat rooms of the 90s.

[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

$10? That's a steal.

One of the last times I just straight up bought a full CD was 1999

Mr Bungle. California. $18

Still one of the best purchases ever, though

[–] hamburglar26@wilbo.tech 1 points 1 year ago

In 1999 I was borrowing my rich friends discs and copying them to CD-R for the most part.