Comment Re:Closed codec's and DRM I'm sure (Score 1) 614
I just don't understand people who think that somehow there is DRM associated with the iPod. The iPod is a *player*. It will play mp3s with no DRM whatsoever. I don't have a single DRM-crippled song on my entire iPod right now.
I also have trouble sympathizing with "losing" music due to iTunes DRM. I buy albums from the iTunes Music Store from time to time, though not often. The first thing I do is burn an audio CD, and back up the AAC files. If I need to, I can rip the audio CD to mp3s, and there's no DRM anymore. It's called a backup, and something I can play on both audio CD players and computers that I might not want to authorize with my iTunes account. I did it today after buying an album on the iTunes store, and it took me all of 2 minutes to have my backup. Not exactly onerous.
Sure, no DRM at all would be better. So go buy from any of the numerous stores that sell good indie music on mp3 without DRM. Problem solved.
But make no mistake, this has absolutely nothing to do with the iPod itself.
I also have trouble sympathizing with "losing" music due to iTunes DRM. I buy albums from the iTunes Music Store from time to time, though not often. The first thing I do is burn an audio CD, and back up the AAC files. If I need to, I can rip the audio CD to mp3s, and there's no DRM anymore. It's called a backup, and something I can play on both audio CD players and computers that I might not want to authorize with my iTunes account. I did it today after buying an album on the iTunes store, and it took me all of 2 minutes to have my backup. Not exactly onerous.
Sure, no DRM at all would be better. So go buy from any of the numerous stores that sell good indie music on mp3 without DRM. Problem solved.
But make no mistake, this has absolutely nothing to do with the iPod itself.
