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They should call it the all-my-shit-is-locked-into-iTunes effect.
by adbge 16y ago
They should call it the all-my-shit-is-locked-into-iTunes effect.
- ptomato 16y agoWhich shit would that be? Video? That's a pretty small part of iTunes overall revenue... And even that plays just fine on Windows computers.
- ubernostrum 16y agoAre you also one of those people who believes iPods can only play music purchased from the iTunes store?
- ora600 16y agoBut the reverse is true. If you bought music from iTunes you can't play it elsewhere. Since iTunes are a convenient way to purchase music, some of us ended up with large quantities of music tied to Apple's devices.
- allertonm 16y agoYou know, I can't remember the last time I bought a DRM track from iTunes, and trust me, I buy a lot of tracks on iTunes.
- DLWormwood 16y agoBoth the Wii and DSi can play the format iTunes currently uses. I think the PSP and PS3 can as well. I’m also pretty sure Archos and a couple other of the high end media players also work with AAC. AFAIK, only the low end stuff, like SanDisk’s fare, are still using silicon tied to MP3/WMA.
- emehrkay 16y agoIsn't AAC an open standard?
- DLWormwood 16y agoYes, although the silicon was slow coming. For a while, the iPod was the only game in town. The few other devices that used AAC at the time (like a Sony 8cm CD player I used to use) used the older MP3 style container instead of the modern MOV/M4A wrapper.
- Terretta 16y agoAll the iTunes tracks I've bought this year are unprotected.