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1999 CDs were typically $20 - $30 so it was actually worse. This was what you would pay at a Sam Goody, Camelot Music, FYE etc.
It wasn't until a few years later that CD prices were cheaper. You could go to Wal-Mart and get cheaper prices, but you would be buying censored or edited albums.
I remember the Wal-Mart release of Eminem's second album was missing the entire song of Kim for example, just completely replaced.
I think a lot of people who post about the nineties weren't spending their own money or something, because I remember how pricey music was, and cherished each CD.
I still have some of my CDs from the nineties.
And to add to that, something that used to cost $20 in 1995 dollars costs $40 in 2023 dollars.