Posted by RichardK on 11/17/28 11:48

NRen2k5 wrote:

> Try to play music from Napster, Puretracks, Bonfire, etc. on your iPod.
> "Any source" my ass.

Why would you want to? Those sources have DRM restrictions which make
Apple look like damn hippies.

> 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.

Given that Apple has between 70-80% market share, I seriously doubt 98%
of MP3 players out there will play WMA-DRM.

> Of course. Because locking iTunes to MacOS would be suicide. Nobody uses
> Mac.

That's a lot of nobody; something like 40 million copies of OS X sold
IIRC...

Richard

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