For me, if I like a song, I'm going to buy it, and while I subscribe to streaming services, exclusivity agreements don't mean much to me. I can hear anything I want on youtube first before deciding if I want to buy it. The reason I buy: because I can buy it DRM free and play it on any device I like. The same isn't true of TV and Movies, though, and I therefore refuse to give them a dime of my money unless I'm buying physical media which I immediately rip to make a DRM-free backup copy. I don't pirate music. I can buy it in a form I want. I don't buy movies and TV shows: I can't get them in a form I want. Simple as that.

I have to use Windows for school, so I run Win 7 in a VM. I guess I will now make sure that VM instance doesn't connect to the internet. If I need to download a file, I'll download it to the host machine and move it over.

I own an iPhone, and I almost bought the G1 just because of its potential. Now I'm waiting to see if an an Android phone ever makes it to AT&T. I love my iPhone, but I'm annoyed with its limitations. Lack of cut and paste and the inability to have background processes are the worst of the limitations, in my opinion. I like Android in theory. A friend of mine has the G1 and loves it. But I live in a rural area, and the only reliable cell service here is AT&T.

It actually shouldn't be used at all. It allows invasion of privacy without due process. It should have been stricken down a long time ago.