11-19-2015, 09:20 PM
Lux Interior wrote:
[quote=silvarios]
Of course if was. That's the mythology. It was awesome only being able to use Macs to use an mp3 player. By the way, it was $400, which was really awesome too!!!!!!!
It was worth it to me.
And I only had Macs.
Apple made the iPod to sell Macs.
If you're happy with Android, why do you even care? You seem to have an option that suits you. Apple stuff works for me.
To sell Macs may have been the goal, but without iTunes on Windows, the iPod is a footnote.
Apple stuff works for you because every time there's a problem you hand wave it away on account you only buy products from one company. Frankly, Apple doesn't have to be competitive to get your business, it's already in the bag. The rest of us have to deal with bad decisions and then find a work around or migrate to other products.
I've helped many a person with the need to get their own content off an iPod. The fact Apple wants to cripple their products to ensure vendor lock-in has always been embarrassing, but the defense of such anti consumer behavior will continue to be mind boggling to me. Apple makes great stuff, doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. I expect employees of Apple and stockholders to be so vociferous in the defense, but we peon consumers have to look out for each other.
Edit: Again, I mention multiple points where something is broken by design and you focus on a tiny sliver of the point. The larger point is DRM is bad, vendor lock-in is bad, and vertical integration is no panacea to these problems as the latter point is generally exacerbated by such problems.