WALL_E
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1 edit | reply to kyramilan
Re: Not an apple fan boy...
The only way FairPlay is going to impact that iPhone is if users purchase content through the iTunes store - you can still fill the device with your own music and videos and there will be no copy protections whatsoever.
I, personally, am somewhat anti-DRM, but his complaint regarding DRM applies to ALL manufacturers who allow their devices to play purchased content. Considering the fact that the iPod is the leading portable music player (whether you believe they deserve that position or not) demonstrates that the FairPlay DRM is not stopping people from buying the device. How this author thinks that FairPlay is "fraught with problems" versus other protection schemes is beyond me.
EDIT "That's why so many people are installing Rockbox instead."
Define "so many users." Up until now, I have never seen anyone using Rockbox on their portable audio players, let alone it being mentioned in a popular publication. Ask the average iPod user what FairPlay is and they won't have a clue - it simply isn't an issue for most users. |
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Oyama
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| You appear to know NO teenagers. As a youth minister I have noticed that almost all my kids are using alternatives to iTunes. They dont seem to agree on which to use, but they dont like or user iTunes. The few that do use iTunes do so because they have some "reason" not to use 3rd party applications. Things like "My parents wont let me because they like iTunes" and "I dont wanna screw up my iPod" are the most common reasons. |
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WALL_E
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| The article was referring to replacement of the actual iPod firmware, not the iTunes software. I'll give you this - unlike iTunes on OS X, iTunes on Windows is relatively resource-hungry. If a system isn't running in tip-top shape, iTunes can falter. For that reason, I can understand people using alternatives to iTunes while on Windows.
I stand by what I said earlier - I have never seen any iPod user using an alternative firmware on the device over the past five years.
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