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Posted by NRen2k5 on 10/17/71 11:48
Stephen Adams wrote:
> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> writes:
>> Stephen Adams wrote:
>>> NRen2k5 <nomore@email.com> writes:
>>>> Harri Mellin wrote:
>>>>> In article <1148336075.236383.212090@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>>>>> ngc457@mailinator.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.idont.com/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Now is the time to break free from restrictive formats and a single
>>>>>> source for music. It's time for choice, for freedom, for
>>>>>> self-expression - and for all independent spirits to stand up and say
>>>>>> "iDon't." You don't need to follow. There is now an alternative."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.theroyalwe.org/1984.html
>>>>>>
>>>>> wma players lock you in to windows and wimp
>>>>>
>>>>> iPod works on Mac OS and Windows XP
>>>> WRONG
>>>>
>>>> iPod locks you to iTunes.
>>> My iPod plays music from many sources, including, but not limited to, rip'd CD's,
>>> unencumber mp3s from various (legal) sources, podCasts from MANY sources and,
>>> of course, iTunes.
>>>
>>> Where's the lock in??
>> With iTunes Music Store.
>
> Not. My iPod can play music for ANY source. Yes, it only does iTunes DRM.
> But so what? 98% of the stuff on my iPod has no DRM!!!! That 98% came from
> sources OTHER than the iTunes Music Store.
>
> You are really dense. Or a Troll. Or both.
Try to play music from Napster, Puretracks, Bonfire, etc. on your iPod.
"Any source" my ass.
>>>> iTunes lock you to iPod.
>>> While the DRM does require using iTunes or the iPod, you can burn CD's that do NOT have
>>> the DRM on them. Then you are free to do what you want.
>> With reduced sound quality.
>
> Yes. And since as a male over 40 my dynamic hearing range is decreasing,
> I don't give a damn. Oh yeah, and it's only 2% of my content. Most of
> the content came from OTHER sources.
>
> Can you turn WMA/DRM'd music into unprotected music? And if so, at what
> quality??
Same story as with Apple's Fairplay-protected AAC, except that 98% of
MP3 players out there will play the WMA-DRM's so you don't have to
bother converting.
>>>> WMA is widely supported.
>>> Microsoft's choice to lock you into Windows Media Center or whatever
>>> they are calling it.
>> We'll just see about that. Apple, on the other hand, is already locking
>> you in.
>
> I'm not locked into anything. I have the best digital music player for my
> needs, which plays the formats I need. I can get music from many sources.
> The music I did get from the music store can be burned to CD, played on 5
> systems and multiple iPods.
>
> How many computers and players does MS let you use?
MS leaves it up to the vendor to decide what priviledges to give their
customers.
>>>> Better luck next time Harri, you fucking troll.
>>> Troll? iTunes plays unencumbered music from any source. On both Mac and
>>> Windows.
>> Really? iTunes plays Ogg Vorbis? Musepack? WMA-DRM? FLAC? WavePack?
>> Colour me surprised.
>
> Note - I said any SOURCE. Not any format. I have no content in those
> sources nor have I EVER been unable to find the content I do want in
> a format I can play.
Some sources use different formats. Therefore iPod cannot play music
from "any source". Your logic fails.
>>> Does Microsoft provide a way to play their DRM'd music on Macs? Last I
>>> checked, they dumped support for Windows Media Player on the Mac. As
>>> noted, iTunes runs on Windows.
>> Until recently you had PowerPC's, which could dualboot MacOSX/Windows
>> and play DRM'ed WMA. Now your macs are all built around Intel CPU's
>> which also can dualboot Windows and play WMA. Yes, even maccies have
>> just as much choice with WMA as with AAC.
>
> In other words, you have to use Microsoft's OS. Apple lets you use
> iTunes on ANY OS. Heck, it's even running on my work PC under Linux
> (using Wine).
Of course. Because locking iTunes to MacOS would be suicide. Nobody uses
Mac.
> MS wants to use their music to lock people into Windows. Apple doesn't
> seem to care about which OS you use. Looks like more M$ lockin. As
> usual. As you say, colour me surprised.
M$ locking? No. It's a case of M$ not wasting money supporting a
platform that nobody uses. Yes, Mac. Mac - which barely one in twenty
people use. It's just not worth it. Apple ported iTunes to Windows
because that's what probably 19 out of 20 iPod buyers use.
>> Oh well of course you can't play DRM'ed WMA's on your iPods BECAUSE
>> APPLE DOESNT WANT YOU TO. What a shame. Not Microsoft's fault, anyway.
>
> But M$ is quite happy to lock you into the Windows platform, and you don't
> seem to have ANY trouble with that.
Nope. Why should I? Just about everybody uses Windows on their desktop
machines anyway. And the benefits outweigh the drawbacks - like I said
before, I can play WMA's on any of a few hundred MP3 players.
> You're a troll or fanboy. Or both.
Speak for yourself.
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