Huh? AAC is Advanced Audio Coding. It is based on the work of many companies including Nokia, Sony, Dolby, and others. Apple did not create it nor does Apple receive any money from organizations that choose to implement AAC. It was the most advanced audio encoding format available at the time of the iTunes launch and thus a good choice.
What they DO own, is the m4p protected-AAC container format which has nothing at all to do with AAC; it merely houses the AAC audio data in a way that they can implement DRM. They could implement m4p with embedded OGG, MP3, whatever and you would have no idea other than the audio quality difference. What they are effectively doing away with is just that, the protected container format, meaning that the files will be released (probably) as.m4a which also has nothing to do with Apple other than that they are utilizing a standard.
True, AAC is not a truly 'free' format, but neither is MP3.
How the hell is Doubleclick worth so much money? I mean.. are that many people clicking ads? I can't remember the last time I clicked on an ad. Ads are an annoyance, the chance that:
1. I know what the ad is for.
2. I could use whatever the ad is for.
3. I can afford to purchase what the ad is for.
4. I feel like actually following through with purchasing what the ad is for.
are slim to nil. How many of you are actually enticed by gifs/swfs flashing at you while you're trying to read something?/MLS
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Pretty please? I'm sorry but a blog rant is not news.
/MLS
Huh? AAC is Advanced Audio Coding. It is based on the work of many companies including Nokia, Sony, Dolby, and others. Apple did not create it nor does Apple receive any money from organizations that choose to implement AAC. It was the most advanced audio encoding format available at the time of the iTunes launch and thus a good choice.
.m4a which also has nothing to do with Apple other than that they are utilizing a standard.
/MLS
What they DO own, is the m4p protected-AAC container format which has nothing at all to do with AAC; it merely houses the AAC audio data in a way that they can implement DRM. They could implement m4p with embedded OGG, MP3, whatever and you would have no idea other than the audio quality difference. What they are effectively doing away with is just that, the protected container format, meaning that the files will be released (probably) as
True, AAC is not a truly 'free' format, but neither is MP3.
How the hell is Doubleclick worth so much money? I mean.. are that many people clicking ads? I can't remember the last time I clicked on an ad. Ads are an annoyance, the chance that: 1. I know what the ad is for. 2. I could use whatever the ad is for. 3. I can afford to purchase what the ad is for. 4. I feel like actually following through with purchasing what the ad is for. are slim to nil. How many of you are actually enticed by gifs/swfs flashing at you while you're trying to read something? /MLS