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Macskeeball wrote:

Actually, Apple uses the iTunes Store to get people to by iPods. They don't sell iPods to get people to by songs from the music store, because they make much more money on iPods. In the same way, they use OS X to sell Mac hardware. Apple is a hardware company.

They're also no selling music, movies and TV shows at a loss. They do get income from that.

Synergery or not, fro ma buusiness standpoint they make more money on hardware. As for you spending more in the iTunes Store than on your iPod, you != everyone else. Apple makes more money on the iPods. Last I checked, the store barely broke even, while they make large profits on their hardware. Flatbed scanners are not at all hard to find. OS X is the reason people buy Mac hardware in the first place; most computer users in general don't purchase upgrades for their OS and instead just use what came with their computer.

G5Addict wrote:

You are now "just" getting around to boycotting Wal-Mart?  Hell, I've been doing it for years.

Yep.

Ice Cream Man wrote:

Ok, Europe has been bugging the US to share our DRM technology also. Let's just hand it over. Along with all of our military encryption key technology too.

There should be licensing in place, even the evil empire offers an SDK so that other companies can provide compatible content.

Digital Security for the military has nothing to do with any of this.

I think it is important to differentiate between hardware, and content here. An iPod is not content, it is merely the medium on which the media is played.

Its only compatible with one form of content that is legally obtained on the internet, thats my problem with it. Well that and DRM in general which I feel FairPlay is a complete POS like any and all DRM.

Has this country forgotten what capitalism really is. Not to mention, if I'm not mistaken. It was bill Gates who signed so many companies to exclusively distribute his OS, on their machines. Or did that bit of history get lost in the pages some where.

OS licensing has nothing to do with the iPod or fairplay. The most direct MS technology that could be compared is Secure WMA and I can get the SDK to that online and create compatible software/hardware.

Why don't all the printer companies let after market manufactures have the schematics to the printer cartridges. I mean heck they only made the medium, why not let everyone make the media.  It's the cartridge that ensures the revenue. NOT THE PRINTER

Dude you are all over the map here. Music is not a consumable item that needs to be 'refilled' like printer ink.

Wal-Mart is scared they will loose business. And you don't see Dell whining that Apple should provide crappier customer service, just so Dell can com back up in the ratings.

Agreed, walmart is afraid of losing business and just like Apple strong arms other  companies with fairplay it appears walmart is using their strengths to get leverage. i see nothing wrong with that myself.