lol. I replied to you above before I got this far down. Apology accepted, of course. No wonder we were both so damn confused at what the other was saying:)
I'd like to know if it syncs to normal mp3 players. I really used to like Miro, but the lack of that feature pushed me to Gpodder (which I also like, but lacks some whizbang stuff I had become used to with Miro, like a way better catalog).
What about all the music purchased from iTunes in the years and years prior, when it wasn't DRM free? Will Miro play that?
If people have to leave behind all their m4p and other protected format music (a substantial amount of their collection, for many), they won't switch over.
Translation: We've got public domain crap, idiots talking to their webcams, sucky indie bands who need to practice more and promote less, and that's about it--unless you want to pirate.
Shows what you know. Almost without exception, all of the new music that I've really gotten into in the last couple of years has been CC licensed. Hell, Chuck D is putting stuff out under CC these days. I listen to podcasts twenty times more than I listen to the radio. They hooked me with free, they kept me because it's generally better than the commercial alternatives.
Is that going to convince someone's kid sister who only listens to the pop station and doesn't have the attention span to listen to any spoken word longer than a 30 second commercial? No. Do I give a shit? No. I will continue to get more out of my entertainment budget (in terms of both money and time) than they do and be perfectly happy with that.
So for all that, would I call Miro an "iTunes competitor?" Nah. iTunes never had a chance with me in the first place. Get with the times.
I don't think it's a good comparison. I treat my car as an "appliance" in a sense that is used for iPhone - it's a device that does the job I need, and I'm not inclined to find out more about how it does it. I most certainly don't try to extend it myself; if I did, I'd probably mess something up pretty bad.
That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about the intelligence to not pour oil in the gas tank, or to remember which pedal does what.
Slashdot Mirror
Do you want your search history available to the world? You put it there.
Your anonymous data can still be aggregated. It's still a product, as are you.
+1
What about Gpodder?
lol. I replied to you above before I got this far down. Apology accepted, of course. No wonder we were both so damn confused at what the other was saying :)
What? That doesn't make any sense at all. Nobody took your mp3s away. I certainly didn't.
Try again. Maybe use a few more small words this time.
Explain to me how OGG support makes the majority's life harder. In small words.
I'd like to know if it syncs to normal mp3 players. I really used to like Miro, but the lack of that feature pushed me to Gpodder (which I also like, but lacks some whizbang stuff I had become used to with Miro, like a way better catalog).
Rather than trying to invent a great music/video player, they are trying to invent an iTunes (or anything else) clone.
Have you ever even seen Miro? This is an absurd statement.
We don't give a fuck about that. We'll keep making better shit. That's its own reward. Inevitable world domination is just gravy.
That's probably because everything supports OGG now. Because of us zealots. We won. Again. Enjoy your practicality, but remember who paid for it.
Still trying to figure out why it is acceptable for an FOSS product that aims to compete with iTunes to have "a few rough edges".
Because iTunes is a fucking abomination. It's nothing but rough edges. If someone else's product has only "a few," it is already winning.
What about all the music purchased from iTunes in the years and years prior, when it wasn't DRM free? Will Miro play that?
If people have to leave behind all their m4p and other protected format music (a substantial amount of their collection, for many), they won't switch over.
Why should we care about that?
FOSS-speak: "Open media"
Translation: We've got public domain crap, idiots talking to their webcams, sucky indie bands who need to practice more and promote less, and that's about it--unless you want to pirate.
Shows what you know. Almost without exception, all of the new music that I've really gotten into in the last couple of years has been CC licensed. Hell, Chuck D is putting stuff out under CC these days. I listen to podcasts twenty times more than I listen to the radio. They hooked me with free, they kept me because it's generally better than the commercial alternatives.
Is that going to convince someone's kid sister who only listens to the pop station and doesn't have the attention span to listen to any spoken word longer than a 30 second commercial? No. Do I give a shit? No. I will continue to get more out of my entertainment budget (in terms of both money and time) than they do and be perfectly happy with that.
So for all that, would I call Miro an "iTunes competitor?" Nah. iTunes never had a chance with me in the first place. Get with the times.
Willful denialism, I say.
How does Linux prevent you from installing bad stuff onto your computer?
Signed packages. Next question.
I don't think it's a good comparison. I treat my car as an "appliance" in a sense that is used for iPhone - it's a device that does the job I need, and I'm not inclined to find out more about how it does it. I most certainly don't try to extend it myself; if I did, I'd probably mess something up pretty bad.
That's not what we're talking about here. We're talking about the intelligence to not pour oil in the gas tank, or to remember which pedal does what.
Why? That's what most Windows malware is these days.
The fact that such occurrences are so rare you can name them all...well, that says it all.
automator, applescript
Can you give me a bird's eye view of what those are? I'm uninformed.
Application bundles
I am informed about this. It's just not as good as repositories and shared libraries. It's not.
its proliferation of a million different toolkits
By a million, you surely mean two.
If it would have more users and apps and games, most of the software would come outside repos.
Why?
What you say may well be true. I will never know, for two reasons:
1. The UI is too atrocious for me to get past. There, I said it.
2. It's non-free (which you may or may not care about, but I do).
Does that make me shallow? I don't think so. It just means we have different priorities, and that's fine.
What are you sorry for? I don't care.
Thank you for that insightful commentary. I stand uncorrected.
Isn't that exactly why people like OSX?
It's exactly why I hate OSX.