User: irf

this is too muuuuuuuuch!

On: Real Responds to Apple's Hacking Claims

this is ridiculous, and sets a bad precedent. does that mean that in the not too distant future, us poor consumers will say have to acquire various brands or TV's, DVD readers, CD readers, ebook readers, or whatever just to be able to play brand specific licensed contents? (i know this is a lame example) the more things change, the more they remain the same. Apple will never learn from it's past mistakes i guess. They just want everything, and i am glad that they did not achieve that goal, otherwise you will have a choice of Apple or Apple. meanwhile, somewhere north of where Apple is, someone is learning all the tricks of the trade which Apple has formulated and is in the process of casting into stone. when this is done, the deep pockets will talk, and your choice of gateways, with all the incuberances which Apple has cast into stone, will be Gate or Gate. given the above,i just don't understand why people in their right mind buy iPods, and content from their eshop, just buy the cd, rip it, and stick it into any damn device you please, as long as you do not share it, this is fair use, i hope?? if that is not the case, then by all means never buy any of that, just grab any you can get your hands on, and spread the wealth, and make sure that all those suckers don't get any benefit from it. And hopefully this will adjust their attitudes to the end users. hth