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>why is that any different than the OS influencing what gets sent to the 3.5mm jack? Their issue seems to be that it is not analog. The lightening port and blu
by sigmar 10y ago
>why is that any different than the OS influencing what gets sent to the 3.5mm jack?
Their issue seems to be that it is not analog. The lightening port and bluetooth connection are two-way data connections, and the phone will be able to identify what is attached (rather than just outputing an analog signal). Here's the quotes that make that clear-
> But intentionally or not, by removing the analog port, Apple is giving itself more control than ever over what people can do with music or other audio content on an iPhone.
>With Bluetooth, the phone can distinguish between different types of devices and treat them differently. Apple can choose which manufacturers get to create Lightning-compatible audio devices.
- dazmax 10y agoBut if a manufacturer wanted to only play audio to their device, they could have already made it a lightning-connected device. If they do give the ability to distinguish the lightning-to-3.5mm adapter from other lightning headphones, that isn't any greater than the ability to distinguish between the 3.5mm jack and the lightning port is it?
- 0x0 10y agoIt's all about defaults and out-of-the-box experience.
- Thrillington 10y agoThe issue not likely to arise with hardware manufacturers. However, content license holders have been eager to have powers to restrict playback based on the device that will be playing back, see region encoded disks and HDMI.
- mxfh 10y agoSo exclusive releases for specific hardware IDs are feasible. A not so far fetched Scenario extending on the exclusive iTunes release practice: Popular new Artist - New Album: Listen before everyone else exclusively on beats
- hood_syntax 10y agoI wish I could give you an award for prescience. I would bet money this is going to happen.
- Flow 10y agoHasn't Apple for a decade fought against DRM the music companies insists on?
- jshevek 10y agoApple loves DRM, when it suits them.
- astrodust 10y agoTheir OS has no DRM. Microsoft's is loaded down with license codes and activation rituals. Watch who you're blaming about loving DRM.
- jshevek 10y agoMS is irrelevant to Apple's readiness to use DRM when it suits them. This is a variation of the classic Tu quoque fallacy.
- astrodust 10y agoDefine "suits them" then. Microsoft locks down everything, even the computer itself with Secure Boot. Apple does no such thing. If you want to run OS X/macOS on your own hardware it's doable. The only trick is finding drivers, not cracking DRM or license protection. If you want to run another OS on your Mac you might need to fiddle with the EFI settings and/or update that with an EFI mod tool to make it more compatible, but there's no real impediment to installing anything you want.
- topranks 10y ago
- digi_owl 10y agoBingo. We already see this with HDMI and HDCP where you can get a diminished experience, or none at all, because the playback device and the TV can't get their ducks in a row.
- Tarrosion 10y agoAmazon will serve me HD video on my smart TV using its Amazon app, but not on my computer using the same TV as a second monitor. And lest you think the problem is the computer, I can get it on my PC just fine using a regular computer monitor...it's a bummer to think about this sort of thing with simple audio as well.
- jpindar 10y agoHuh. I often use my non-smart TV as a second monitor, but I'd never tried playing an Amazon video on it. Sure enough, the same video that plays in Firefox on a VGA monitor gives me a "we're experiencing a problem playing this video." message if I move the browser to the TV.
- sneak 10y agoStop buying crippled content and download your shows without encumberances.
- Tarrosion 10y agoSure, where can I legally (bonus points for easily) buy and download DRM free movies?
- jrowley 10y agoYeah, I'm imagining some scenario where say Spotify partners with Bose, and if you plug in Bose headphones then you get higher quality audio than you can get elsewhere. Or say tidal (Jay Z's streaming service) says you can only listen to some songs via Kanye's new headphones.
- ErikAugust 10y agoYes, seconded.
- jrowley 10y agoThis is totally off topic, but just checked out your website and damn, you're a hell of a runner. I'm thinking about signing up for my first ultra real soon!
- ErikAugust 10y agoCool - thank you! Good luck!
- mhurron 10y agoAnd the only reason any of that works is because people accept it and pay for the privilege. Don't like the situation, don't buy the service offering it. It turns out, society doesn't really care about these things.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoIt's not that society doesn't care, it's that people don't spend time figuring out all the distant-future implications of their choices. While you can't boil a literal live frog by turning up the heat slowly, this principle works extremely well on the free market.
- deadbunny 10y agoEnter piracy.
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