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But there's certainly nothing requiring you to use them on the mac. And you don't need to have anything to do with the features he mentions. Use mpd/theremin/vl
by ptomato 17y ago
But there's certainly nothing requiring you to use them on the mac. And you don't need to have anything to do with the features he mentions. Use mpd/theremin/vlc/etc etc. And simply don't buy DRMed files in the first place. You can certainly just trash both Quicktime and iTunes from your Applications folder without deleteriously affecting the OS, except in so far as you actually wanted to use one of the two.
- duskwuff 17y agoTo be fair, QuickTime is used on a widespread basis as an audio/video manipulation library -- it's rather more than a player. However, the DRM-handling components are completely inert unless you're specifically working with protected media files. iTunes, on the other hand, can be disposed of entirely. There are a few isolated hooks into it (the "Media" section of the Open dialog, for instance), but certainly nothing essential.