cliveb;347399 Wrote: > It's probably the case that Slim Devices want to be pragmatic and let > their customers enjoy as much of their music as possible. So I suppose > if they had a cost-effective way to support Fairplay, they would do > it. > > But perhaps the main point I was trying to make didn't come across. > What I was trying to get at is that if you build a device that supports > a DRM scheme, then you're assisting that scheme to become more > entrenched. Helping those of your customers who have bought DRM'd music > may be the "nice" thing to do in the short term, but looked at from the > long view it's counter-productive.
Completely agree. :) Furthermore, how many different DRM schemes are out there? Imagine trying to support numerous DRM protocols? Doable for sure, but at what cost in development & support resources? -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53460 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
