Deja Vu. Wasn't PlaysForSure and then Zune Marketplace supposed to be the new ecosystems to outdo Apple? How about we do away with this DRM silliness and you guys just concentrate on making players that don't suck.
Exactly. If the ecosystem involves anything other than non-DRM'd music, no sale. How many customers out there both hate iTunes and Apple, but can't wait to pay for DRM'd music? Not a whole lot, I'd venture to say.
I like Apple's products a lot and generally trust them as a company, but I'm sure as hell not going to invest a lot of money in DRM'd music (I have maybe $30 worth). Just hedging my bets until something better comes along.
All of the DRM's can be breached anyway (requiem for iTunes, hundreds of programs for windows media). Unless this system has no DRM in it whatsoever then frankly they can jog on if they think there going to pursuade people away from coverflow.
Zune's getting there quality-wise, the subscription music scheme; although DRMed; is an awesome deal, and they are starting to sell some MP3s (more compatible than iTunes Plus in general).
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Deja Vu. Wasn't PlaysForSure and then Zune Marketplace supposed to be the new ecosystems to outdo Apple? How about we do away with this DRM silliness and you guys just concentrate on making players that don't suck.
I dunno, Zune's getting there.
^^^ Funniest comment all day!!! Nice one!!!
Exactly. If the ecosystem involves anything other than non-DRM'd music, no sale. How many customers out there both hate iTunes and Apple, but can't wait to pay for DRM'd music? Not a whole lot, I'd venture to say.
I like Apple's products a lot and generally trust them as a company, but I'm sure as hell not going to invest a lot of money in DRM'd music (I have maybe $30 worth). Just hedging my bets until something better comes along.
For music at least, Amazon offers a nice no-DRM system. You can even configure the downloader to send your MP3s straight to iTunes for iPod syncing.
"I dunno, Zune's getting there."
lol, getting where ?
All of the DRM's can be breached anyway (requiem for iTunes, hundreds of programs for windows media). Unless this system has no DRM in it whatsoever then frankly they can jog on if they think there going to pursuade people away from coverflow.
Zune's getting there quality-wise, the subscription music scheme; although DRMed; is an awesome deal, and they are starting to sell some MP3s (more compatible than iTunes Plus in general).