Posted by Jim on 11/17/25 11:48

In article <4j%cg.89724$yN.1449626@weber.videotron.net>, NRen2k5 wrote:
> Look - if you go shopping for an MP3 player, you'll only find one that
> will play Fairplay AAC's: the iPod. JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE
> MARKET PLAYS WINDOWS MEDIA D.R.M. Clear enough for you?

So, *if* you decide to buy music online then you have to make a choice
to go with either the iTMS/iPod combo, or another player and the
WMA-based stores.

Why is this a problem? I can't see what you're getting so heated about.

The key thing with the iPod/iTMS combo is the seemless integration between
the two. When other companies keep producing 'iPod killers' their mistake
is that they only target *one* aspect - either the hardware or software but
not both. There isn't a single non-Apple player that can match the ease of
use of the iPod/iTMS combination. Not one.

The other stores rely on web browsers to access them (correct me if I'm
wrong on that) so they can't integrate seamlessly with $PLAYER, instead
relying on another bit of software to manage the songs (either another
app or the native file handling of the OS)

Jim
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