toby10;503749 Wrote: > No, not at all, it's folks telling you not to make the same mistake > TWICE! :) > In fact, it's the DRM telling you "stop listening to your DRM music" on > any platform not approved by the DRM rights holder (which is NOT you). > > Supporting *any* institution that employs DRM is the same as approving > bad behaviour. It's no different than you ignoring the "do not feed the > bears" signs in the parks, then getting all teary eyed when they must > shoot the bear for getting too close to humans. ;) > > I've always avoided DRM, never been bitten, always found what I wanted > elsewhere absent the DRM headaches & restrictions. > > By all means vote with your $$$'s, but understand what you are indeed > voting for. :)
You guys do know that for $20 a month w/ audible subscription you get to download 2 audiobooks of your choice... I mean if you stick to your subscription plan you essentially pay $10 per book. Those alternatives are available but if those alternatives are purchased via a mainstream alternative source i.e retail or online bookstore, you pay the full retail price. This isnt a case of paying for crap that I really cant use...I have been able to use it without issue from day one and continue to be able to use it, I just singularly cant use it on the squeezebox, that honestly is not reason enough for me to send a message to the powers that be at audible and threaten to leave if they dont cut out their tomfoolery post-haste! Keep in mind that there are competitors out there that offer additional options that will determine which system some folks purchase over others. (http://raumfeld.com for example is enroute..) Squeezebox seems flexible and open enough and popular enough with the demographic that seems predisposed to tinkering that I would suspect someone in the community has the where-withall to create a soloution to various solutions...(that BBCi player for example) I hope a skilled and willing soul or/and the folks at logitech/slimbox team see's the request and makes a solution. While the debate is good and all and I'm sure that your reasons for frowning on digital content with DRM barriers have a measure of merit philisophically to like-minded folk as yourself, BUT the main competitor already has a solution. This does seem to be the most open of the available options so I would suspect it would be the most dynamic with solutions, fixes and new options. I as a audible customer apparently am pleased enough with the product and service that they have had me as a customer since the day they went live ($20 a month for 2-audiobooks of your choice..heck yeah!). Personally I feel like I have a high quality product that has pleased me for years and have had it at quite a discount when I compare what I would have to pay for the same content if I bought the CD version. ..if Sonos had Slacker I would have never posted this, the squeezebox would simply be on e-bay but I do suspect the light-hearted debate is worth having (so long as it doesnt get in the way of fix ;)) -- Moozh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Moozh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73651 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
