You're right. But fully lawfully - I can use non-connected hardware like old dedicated players (my Yamaha Blu-Ray player has no issues with BD discs from at lea

You're right. But fully lawfully - I can use non-connected hardware like old dedicated players (my Yamaha Blu-Ray player has no issues with BD discs from at least 2 regions) or PlayStation3 that I no longer need connected to LAN. And hey - unlike its successors - PS3 can play audio CDs, too! Since these media formats are seemingly being phased-out, using older hardware for "legacy" media seems reasonable. As for audio, I am lawfully allowed to rip CDs, so open hardware and open-source decoders (like FLAC) will work well when Apple starts doing some shitfuckery around my AIFF rips.