I’ve got a lot of good things to say about the eMusic service. I’ve been using it for getting close to one year now and I love it. However, I am totally unimpressed with the new downloader they’re pushing, emusicremote. It’s opensource and cross-platform, which is appreciated, but it’s essentially a customized web browser. I don’t need another browser. I have Firefox. Why would I want to install a whole other program that’s essentially a modified version of the same browser? I want a good, basic downloading program, which eMusic has never been able to deliver for Linux. Instead, I rely on eMusicj which has and continues to work great for me.

I had the same complaint when I gave the media player, Songbird a spin. I don’t need another Mozilla-based browser running. I just need a good media player. Instead of this behemoth of a downloader, eMusic should concentrate on improving the basic program they’ve used in the past. If they want the browser integration, make a Firefox extension.