> 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?
Apple sells its iTunes music in a protected format, unless you buy the
DRM-free iTunes Plus versions. Terms of Service/Sale links explaining
this in detail can be found at the bottom of the iTunes store pages. If
you don't read that or articles about iTunes, that's your problem. At
least the information is there.
OTOH, Walmart doesn't label the discs they sell in the store as being
different from those sold a legit stores like FYE or Sam Goody. I like
the local independent stores when they can survive.
Walmart is the kind of store that moved into my town, which had enough
healthy stores that had been serving the community for some time, and
sold their goods below cost for well over a year. Few business can
compete with stores that can afford to lose money for several years
until the competition goes out of business, but that's Walmart's
business plan. Then Walmart sells inferior, improperly labeled goods at
higher prices, since there's few left to compete, plus they get tax
breaks, and their employees get state medical aid and food stamps
because their wages are too low to live on. Honest businesses can't
compete with that, so we're stuck with two Walmarts and not much else.
Now we have to drive to Delaware to shop to avoid Walmart. It's a very
bad company.
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