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Author forgot to list one of the theories running around: DRM enforcement. It is harder to control what plays through an analog plug in contrast with controllin
by bikamonki 10y ago
Author forgot to list one of the theories running around: DRM enforcement. It is harder to control what plays through an analog plug in contrast with controlling DRM with the closed source driver that will control the wireless headphones (or the analog adapter).
- davidhariri 10y agoCan you link to that? I hadn't heard that theory... Would the connector act as a filter for DRM content?
- stephenr 10y agoIt's an EFF theory, which completely ignores the fact that Apple already controlled both the software and the DAC that enabled the headphone jack in previous models. Apple has shown good faith on this - they successfully negotiated with/convinced the record labels to allow them to sell DRM-free music via iTunes.
- detaro 10y agoThe idea is that something similar could happen as happened with video: With digital connections replacing analogue ones, the interfaces could require downstream devices to implement DRM protocols (HDCP in the video case), limiting high-quality signals to licensed output devices. But for video, the benefits of digital transmission were way greater, and extracting signals from a output device is way easier with audio. Grabbing decrypted video from a TV screen's internals is really difficult, analogue audio from the cable between a audio DAC chip and a speaker is easy.