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Apple is the only large digital content provider which wants to force us to buy their proprietary device ("Apple TV") to watch their proprietary content. It rea
by mmanfrin 13y ago
Apple is the only large digital content provider which wants to force us to buy their proprietary device ("Apple TV") to watch their proprietary content. It really does decrease the value for Apple's content. In fact I'm just not going to buy Apple's DRM-ed video anymore, as I have to plug in a HDMI cable to watch it on my TV.
People said that about iTunes, no?
- untog 13y agoI'd argue that the long term future of iTunes isn't fantastic. Individual music companies (Spotify, Rdio) are providing better experiences than Apple can.
- __david__ 13y agoReally? I don't like spotify compared to iTunes. I can't imagine locking myself into a service for the rest of my life in order to hear music. Once I buy it from iTunes, it's mine to use as I please, it's not locked up in some stupid custom DRM-laden app (which is fairly ironic).
- untog 13y agoI can't imagine locking myself into a service for the rest of my life in order to hear music. But Spotify doesn't lock you into anything.
- __david__ 13y agoIf I don't pay the monthly fee then I can't listen to albums on my phone. That's pretty much the definition of lock-in.
- saltysugar 13y agoiTunes videos are DRM-ed
- __david__ 13y agoYes, we're discussing music not video.