> When Apple sells something at the iTunes store, they tell you up front > that it has DRM. Walmart doesn't label their music or movies to tell > you that there are significant parts missing from the products. You don't > know until the package is open and not returnable.
Does Apple really tell you that or do you have to dig to find out that info? I ask this seriously having never bought anything from iTunes. Does it present a box that says briefly states that music you are buying is crippled (in so many words) or is buried in an ULA? > You can't have consensual transactions leading to any kind of freedom > when the vendor is hiding important information from the buyers. That's > called fraud. Buyers need to know that the products are as advertised > or labeled. Agreed for the most part. But yet, you know this and still manage avoid Wal-Mart's products. You are still able to buy elsewhere. > What's this nonsense about servitude and morality? Morality or ethics has no role to play in the above? Greater knowledge _always_ leads to greater freedom? I don't disagree with the spirit of your statement, but the utility is a different matter. There can be so much knowledge available to sort through that it's rendered it moot. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
