bklaas;190970 Wrote: > The thing that gets under my skin about Apple is they put things in a > pretty package with a bow on it and all of a sudden everyone thinks > they were the forerunners of that particular technology. Sure, they are > design and marketing gods, but most people with brains can see past > that. But it's not any of that which keeps me away from Apple--it's the > way they've used proprietary DRM to monopolize a market. AppleTV will > have the same baggage. That's a capital offense, in my book.
The best consumer products rarely break new ground with internals, they are dependant on using tried and trusted technology for cost and reliability reasons. Where Apple always score is usability - their stuff just works and is really nice to look at. Slim works well too, mostly, but the interface is obtuse and clunky in comparison if you are Joe User and not an audiophile geek. As for DRM, I have bought music from iTunes, but since I can also burn to CD, I could then re-rip the tunes and bypass the initial DRM. As it happens I only buy iTunes music for my iPod, not my stereo, so it's not really an issue and I don't bother. -- CardinalFang ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CardinalFang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=962 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31559 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
