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AAC is just a different format, and a superior one at that. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Co
by pilsetnieks 6y ago
AAC is just a different format, and a superior one at that. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Audio_Coding)
Maybe you're thinking of the DRM'd files that couldn't be played back by other players, and even iTunes on other computers without your iTunes store account. In that case indeed burning a CD and ripping it would be one solution. They stopped selling DRM'd files completely by 2009, though.
- extremeMath 6y agoAhh that was it. But yep that's how we bypassed it. I think I bought 6 songs before I found a better alternative. Reminds me how I had 1 iphone (6) and would never get one again.
- pilsetnieks 6y agoThe DRM was not a whim by Apple, it was demanded by the labels, though. At the time that was the only way they'd even permit an online music store. I don't think there were alternatives that weren't just as locked down, unless you're talking about sailing the high seas.
- colejohnson66 6y agoThis is exactly it. Songs were 99¢ with DRM. In 2009, Apple managed to convince enough labels to sell DRM-free copies, but at $1.29. You could, at the time, “upgrade” your DRM copy to be DRM-free for 30¢ a song.