kmr;380353 Wrote: > Actually, Apple has been trying to get rid of DRM for a couple of years > now, but the labels wouldn't go along with it (except some of EMI) > because they were trying to wring concessions out of Apple, > specifically variable pricing. Looks like Apple finally decided that > the tradeoff was worth it.
I don't buy the "Apple are always the good guys making the best products" hype. It was easy enough for Amazon MP3 to challenge, I think iTunes milked the Apple underdog card long enough. I think iTunes is a horrible product - as a music management system it is very constricting and shows that Apple wants to control users more zealosuly than Microsoft ever has, while providing questionable value add in return. My wife swears by her iPhone and iPod - I prefer my Blackberry Bold and a regular MP3 player by eons because they are far more open to be managed with more competent and flexible software. And I am surprised I always seem to be so alone in this - Apple products still have a "cool" that the Apple corporate philosophy no longer warrants, in my opinion. I just don't see the clear superiority of the concept, and find the walled garden approach too constricting. -- pablolie ...pablo Server: 3.3 GHz Intel E8600 Core 2 Duo (8GB) - Vista Ultimate 64 & Ubuntu 8.10 64 Sources: SB3 (4), SB Boom (2), Duet, Accuphase DP65v CD Amplifier: Accuphase E306v Loudspeakers: Ceeroy 3-way tuned by Darmstadt Psychoacoustics Lab Headphones: Grado SR-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57768 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
