Apple Smacks Down iCommune

flipsidejones writes "Looks like Apple has killed iCommune. iCommune, as mentioned previously, allows users to share music libraries across a network from within iTunes. It seems the license for the iTunes plugin API does not allow for software-based plugins (only hardware: MP3 players, etc). Apple issued a 'Notice of Breach and Termination of License' to iCommune, who have since pulled the download. Something tells me that they won't be putting it back up anytime soon. Every time I forget about Mac OS X being proprietary, Apple does something to remind me." Well, in fairness, this could happen even if Mac OS X itself weren't proprietary, as iTunes still could be. For that matter, iCommune still is, too. Hm, none of that makes me feel any better ...

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What?

[sql*kitten]

Well, in fairness, this could happen even if Mac OS X itself weren't proprietary, as iTunes still could be. For that matter, iCommune still is, too. Hm, none of that makes me feel any better ...

So we have a proprietary product on a proprietary OS using a proprietary service.

Why exactly did you post this article? What's it got to do with anything?

Re:Wow

[MrResistor]

Or it may be that they make an OS that works and every product they make is pleasing to the eye as well as fun to use. Couldn't be that could it though?

Be careful about stating your opinions as fact. I personally think Macs fill the broad aesthetic range between Silly and Irritating, and I have generally found MacOS frustrating to use when it works, which is not nearly as often as the Mac-heads would have you believe, and nearly impossible when it doesn't.

So they don't want their product to be turned into a new kazaa via a plugin to their product. It is their right.

You are correct, but it's still stupid. But then, Apple has always been about limiting what the user can do. That's what they really mean by "user friendly", isn't it?