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I generally agree with your posts but in this case I think you're forgetting that Apple (specifically, Steve Jobs) was squarely behind the big push to remove DR
by morganvachon 9y ago
I generally agree with your posts but in this case I think you're forgetting that Apple (specifically, Steve Jobs) was squarely behind the big push to remove DRM from online music sales about 10 years ago[1]. Apple forced all the major and several indie record labels to remove DRM over the following years. That's not "DRM sick", that's about as healthy and consumer friendly as it gets.
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20070207234839/www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic https://web.archive.org/web/20070207234839/www.apple.com/hot...
- shmerl 9y agoIndeed, but that was a long time ago. Today they are pro-DRM way more. For instance, Apple Music has it.
- morganvachon 9y agoAll music streaming services use DRM, out of necessity; it's a service of convenience. You don't buy the songs, you listen to a broadcast of them. Consumer ownership doesn't apply, and if you do want to buy DRM-free songs, Apple and many other digital music vendors will gladly sell them to you. That way you don't have to use Apple Music or any other encumbered service.
- shmerl 9y agoDRM has nothing to do with convenience or streaming. There are DRM-free services which provide convenience of streaming all the same (Bandcamp for example). You probably meant that DRM is related to renting (which again, is completely orthogonal to streaming, see above). I find the concept of digital renting to be weird in itself anyway, and the fact that it drags DRM along demonstrates it.