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Posted by Michelle Steiner on 06/10/06 17:48
In article <1hgpwlm.1911jtq1pog2r5N%jim@magrathea.plus.com>,
jim@magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote:
> > Seeing that no-one forced anyone to buy an iPod or music via
> > ITMS...
>
> Exactly. The iTunes/iPod combo has got the market share it has
> through consumer choice, not dirty business tricks. No-one else
> offers an elegant, simple, end-to-end solution. Yes the stuff
> purchased through iTMS has DRM but it's not exactly restrictive
> unless you're trying to knock off a hundred copies of Britney's new
> album to flog down the market.
When Apple first marketed the iPod for Windows, it included a
third-party software package to download the music to the iPod. Windows
iPod users, after seeing iTunes on Macs, clamored for it for Windows, so
Apple ported it to Windows.
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