11-17-2015, 10:47 PM
I worked at a company that was doing streaming and DRM long before Apple got into the game. The reason Apple used DRM was not because they wanted to, but because they couldn't get the content otherwise.
Which would you rather have - Music with DRM or stick with CDs?
Which would you rather have - An iPod you can put music on but can't rip it off of, or no iPod?
Yeah, Apple made users jump through hoops. You've probably seen my posts here not understanding why I can't connect an iPod to my laptop and add music, then connect it to my desktop and add music... let a lone my wife's machine. It's not a great user experience.
But without Apple at least conceding some hoops to the label owners, we wouldn't be where we are today. We would either still be stuck with physical media or we'd still be stuck with so much DRM. The labels had to see how it would play out with DRM before they would take a chance without it.
Switching to Linux is an edge case. There's no way Apple is going to battle for that.
Which would you rather have - Music with DRM or stick with CDs?
Which would you rather have - An iPod you can put music on but can't rip it off of, or no iPod?
Yeah, Apple made users jump through hoops. You've probably seen my posts here not understanding why I can't connect an iPod to my laptop and add music, then connect it to my desktop and add music... let a lone my wife's machine. It's not a great user experience.
But without Apple at least conceding some hoops to the label owners, we wouldn't be where we are today. We would either still be stuck with physical media or we'd still be stuck with so much DRM. The labels had to see how it would play out with DRM before they would take a chance without it.
Switching to Linux is an edge case. There's no way Apple is going to battle for that.