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Can't the exact same thing be asked of people who purchase DRMed music from Apple's iTunes Store? What makes Apple less evil than Microsoft?
by apu 18y ago
Can't the exact same thing be asked of people who purchase DRMed music from Apple's iTunes Store? What makes Apple less evil than Microsoft?
- cstejerean 18y agoIt can happen to iTunes customers. The difference is Apple is continuing to support the songs they sold whereas Microsoft is backing out of its former promise to let consumers play the songs for as long as they own the devices.
- Xichekolas 18y agoBut Apple is continuing to support their songs because the iTunes store is profitable at the moment. What happens if all the labels decide to pull their content and offer their own service? Suddenly Apple might not be so willing. Does iTunes do the same dial home approach? If not, the point may be moot.
- cstejerean 18y agoit does when you authorize a new computer. But apple makes it incredibly east to migrate your data either from old computer to new or from time machine backup. And I wouldn't be surprised if it synced iTunes authorization keys to .mac Even if Apple shuts down the iTunes store I expect them to keep up the authorization server as long as possible.