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> refuse to play anything but a proprietary vendor format iPods have always had the ability to play standard MP3s. I've never converted a file to AAC for actu
by Thrymr 13y ago
> refuse to play anything but a proprietary vendor format
iPods have always had the ability to play standard MP3s. I've never converted a file to AAC for actual use.
- pessimizer 13y agoI always assumed that the reason that iTunes was a necessity and mp3 file transfers were so slow was that the files were being converted during transit. I may be wrong. If I am wrong, though, that would make the necessity of iTunes purely anti-consumer.
- Thrymr 13y agoYep, purely anti-consumer. It was always a pain to use other software with an iPod. But MP3 was supported natively from the beginning. e.g. a support document from 2002: https://web.archive.org/web/20020821012854/http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=61476 https://web.archive.org/web/20020821012854/http://docs.info....