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Apple Updates, Cripples iTunes
squiggleslash writes "Apple has issued an update to iTunes 4, iTunes 4.0.1. It can be downloaded via Software Update. The big change seems to be that iTunes will now only stream music to other Macs on the same subnet. This is presumably a response to people publishing public lists of shared iTunes playlists, though it does mean that anyone wanting to stream music from home to work or vice versa is SOL. Oh well." You can't share between 4.0 and 4.0.1 iTunes, so be careful in updating. AppleScript access to shared playlist tracks is fixed, though. Woop woop.
Internet sharing was pretty useful for a lot of people. It's too bad that just a few developers screwed everything up for the majority of users.
They took Rip, from Rip-Mix-Burn, where they shouldn't have.
This should be a wakeup to you Apple people: your company will be just as willing to cater to the RIAA as ours, but it's better at letting you think you're getting your way. It's just a matter of time before iTunes becomes entirely music rental.
Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.
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Most companies pay flat-rate jackass. If your companies is running off a Bell DSL its time to think about some other alternative to you "Instant Online Diploma in the field of your choice!"
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Um, these are Mac people, Austad.
by Mike Buddha -- Someday the mountain might get him, but the law never will.
I'm tired of all the fighting over copyrights. I'm ready for revolution. Let's end it now, NO MORE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. No more secrets.
Musicians should make their money on public performance and teaching. Companies should have their charter revoked. I would gladly accept a pre-Industrial revolution economy over these stupid restrictions.
So who will be the first against the wall???
Linux is like a tango with an inexperienced partner. Fast, exciting and, as happens many times, one slips and is injured. GNU/Linux is young and free (as in speech) but still needs a fair amount of work. Only minor complaints about the work ahead because most realize the importance.
Apple is like getting fucked up the ass by your cell mate. One mistake, one improper grab for the "good life", and your owned by a 300 pound psychopath chasing you around the cell with a stiffy. The Mac GUI is a thing of beauty. It's like it was handed down by the hand of God. But then the bill comes, and comes and comes. Yearly OS updates ($130), iLife ($50), .Mac ($100) and expensive third party applications. And don't forget about the premium you'll pay for replacement parts (like coughing up $200 for a $50 power supply). Macs are incredible computers but they may cost you more than you're willing to pay.
Freedom or comfort, it's your choice.
"And a voice was screaming: 'Holy Jesus! What are these goddamn animals?'" - HST
Well, let's see... According to all the stuff I've read here on /., Apple has like 3 or 4 percent market share. So I'm reading all these posts that are 'all so authoritative and knowing' - about 400 replies on this topic so far. 4 percent of 400 is 16, so that means that 16 of you actually have a Mac. Now, according to some of the surveys I've seen less than a third of current Mac owners have even seen iTunes Music Store. So... Now I'm left with only six or so people on this entire topic besides myself that actually KNOW what it's all about and how it works. So I guess what I'm really saying about Apple and the iTunes subject is that "Ya'all is mostly fulla shit!" It's good stuff and Apple isn't going to just 'fuck you over' like many of you seem to think. It's like beer, give it a try, you might like it.
As I write this I am listening to a stream from my home server, running Media Jukebox. Why is streaming such a big deal for Macs? PCs have had this for years. Shoutcast, Icecast, the list goes on...
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