Crippleware and iPhone iHandcuffs
The following is a link to an interesting article in the January 14th New York Times. You may have to register for free to read it.
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Here you are crxtreme89.
New York Times
January 14, 2007
by Randall Stross
Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs
Steve Jobs, Apple's showman nonpareil, provided the first public glimpse of the iPhone last week - gorgeous, feature-laden and pricey. While following the master magician's gestures, it was easy to overlook a most disappointing aspect: like its slimmer iPod siblings, the iPhone's music-playing function will be limited by factory-installed "crippleware."
If "crippleware" seems an unduly harsh description, it balances the euphemistic names that the industry uses for copy protection. Apple officially calls its own standard "FairPlay," but fair it is not.
The term "crippleware" comes from the plai...
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New York Times
January 14, 2007
by Randall Stross
Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs
Steve Jobs, Apple's showman nonpareil, provided the first public glimpse of the iPhone last week - gorgeous, feature-laden and pricey. While following the master magician's gestures, it was easy to overlook a most disappointing aspect: like its slimmer iPod siblings, the iPhone's music-playing function will be limited by factory-installed "crippleware."
If "crippleware" seems an unduly harsh description, it balances the euphemistic names that the industry uses for copy protection. Apple officially calls its own standard "FairPlay," but fair it is not.
The term "crippleware" comes from the plai...
(continues)
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Read the whole thing. It's a good idea to have less/no copy protection but I don't think that's something people really think about. Seems to me people would equate buying a song in iTunes to playing it on an iPod only and consider it reasonable. However I fit into the "other" category and haven't spent a dime on music in 5 years. I've worked near the music industry and seen where the money goes and it's sickening, so I decided to stop participating.
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Here is another one:
"Apple is not known for its desire to make its products interoperable with anyone else's"
Published on ZDNet News: January 12, 2007, 4:01 AM PT
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6149755.html »
"Apple is not known for its desire to make its products interoperable with anyone else's"
Published on ZDNet News: January 12, 2007, 4:01 AM PT
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6149755.html »
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