I'm not convinced they don't - they were forced to by the competition. Putting DRM in songs locks people into their hardware. Microsoft did the same thing.
On 1/14/09, Tony Cooke <[email protected]> wrote: > Craig Froehle wrote: >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Art Alexion <[email protected] >> <mailto:art.alexion%40gmail.com>> wrote: >> > On Wednesday 14 January 2009 09:02:53 Craig Froehle wrote: >> >> Haven't you heard, Art? Apple is going DRM-free. For the low, low >> >> price of $0.30 per track, they'll give you un-DRMed versions of all >> >> your music files. So that needn't be a concern. >> > >> > You are joking, right? >> >> Nope: >> http://consumerist.com/5125362/apple-give-us-money-and-well-remove-drm-from-your-music?skyline=true&s=x >> >> <http://consumerist.com/5125362/apple-give-us-money-and-well-remove-drm-from-your-music?skyline=true&s=x> >> >> >> But I don't know...I don't buy DRM-laden downloads, so I never have to >> >> worry about it. >> > >> > But a lot of people do, or used to before they learned the >> limitations. There >> > are (illegal in the US) apps that remove the DRM, but this is a >> concern with >> > streaming aac from an iTunes library. >> >> Actually, you can just burn the DRM tracks to CD, then rip that CD to >> get DRM-free tracks, but that's a lot of hassle. >> >> DRM sucks...it has burned so many people so many times that I just >> don't understand why people put up with it. > > > They don`t! > > THAT`s why Apple has had to bite the bullet and offer DRM-free. It was > limiting their market as so many people said `no` and bought elsewhere. > > -- > Tony Cooke > also contactable at [email protected] > How do I love thee? My accumulator overflows. >
