Alas, how the mighty have fallen. Only not so much in Qtrax’s case. The service was originally billed as an alternative to some of the more illegitimate methods of downloading music. Why use BitTorrent or Limewire when you’ve got Qtrax, which offers free, and more importantly, legal music for your downloading pleasure? Well, unfortunately, the answer is never that simple. You see, regardless of the amount of hype you build for a product, you still have to deliver something to the masses in the end, and if that “thing” ends up being short of expectations, then you can expect a free-fall from the public’s good graces all the way into the 9th Circle of Hell, where you’ll spend the rest of your days chilling (pun intended) with Hitler and his pals.
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