DRM Reduces Battery Life

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 17, 2006 @09:14AM from the sucks-in-multiple-ways dept.

gr8_phk writes "An interesting article over at C|Net claims that playing DRMed music can reduce battery life up to 25 percent. Yet another reason to stick with plain old MP3 files." From the article: "Those who belong to subscription services such as Napster or Rhapsody have it worse. Music rented from these services arrive in the WMA DRM 10 format, and it takes extra processing power to ensure that the licenses making the tracks work are still valid and match up to the device itself. Heavy DRM not only slows down an MP3 player but also sucks the very life out of them."

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Is it just me, or ... by hunterkll · 2006-03-17 09:20 · Score: 0, Flamebait

" Basically, rated battery life should be used as a guide and never be taken literally. "

And WHO here, is the idiot that went out and bought an electronic device wanting to get exactly the same battery life in their own usage as the advertized 'normal' or 'optimal' usage pattern?