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No kidding. In the past ~1 year, between Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft has been on significantly better behavior.
by dfranke 18y ago
No kidding. In the past ~1 year, between Microsoft and Apple, Microsoft has been on significantly better behavior.
- mattmaroon 18y agoIt's been a lot more than 1 year. It began with the iPod DRM. It's just been smacking everyone in the face for that long.
- unalone 18y agoApple had no control over the DRM: they needed it to get the companies. And they've been slowly reducing the DRM thanks to iTunes Plus. A few more of my albums converted themselves today, and they sound a bit better too. This behavior is inexplicable, though. I can't recall Apple doing something so bullheaded in quite a little while.
- natrius 18y ago"Apple had no control over the DRM: they needed it to get the companies." True and false. Apple needed some sort of DRM. However, they didn't have to refuse to license their DRM. They had a competitive advantage and they leveraged it in a consumer-unfriendly manner. It's what they do now.
- unalone 18y agoWhat did their refusing to license their DRM have to do with impacting the customers? I'm not being sarcastic: I don't quite understand what effect that had on users.
- dfranke 18y agoIt makes it impossible to legally play Fairplay-encrypted files on non-Apple devices.
- axod 18y agoHow many people actually use DRM on the iPod/iPhone? I'd say a negligible amount.
- mattmaroon 18y agoWhat percentage of people buy songs from iTunes? Probably more than half. Certainly not a negligible amount.
- axod 18y agoI think we're both taking this to extremes now :) Maybe 10-20% I'll give you that.
- mattmaroon 18y agoYou think that only 10-20% of all iPod users buy tracks from iTunes? I don't think that would be enough to make it the #1 music store. I have no actual data to back that up though.
- axod 18y agoJust anecdotal evidence - I know a lot of people with iPods, but not many who buy any music from iTunes. Also, being the #1 music store is still not saying an awful lot compared with other sources of getting music. Do you think more people use the store than already own CDs? or download music from p2p?
- abl 18y agoIt seems like it was such from the very start. Apple had many restrictions on third party apps for the early Mac, meanwhile Microsoft embraced developers, and with the likes of AmiPro, Windows 3.1 flourished. I believe this is one of the major reasons why the Mac lost market share. Although probably better positioned than before, Apple may be making the same mistake.
- SCVirus 18y agoAll companies begin to act evil after they have a certain amount of control. No exceptions, some are just slower or have greater thresholds then others (google).