Thread: How Apple locks in the consumer and seeks control

Quote: Originally Posted by LethalWolfe But my point was more to illustrate how ridiculous mysterytramp's opinion is that burning, ripping, renaming and retagging songs is as easy copying the files from the computer to an MP3 player. The original statement was that it's "onerous" to move iTunes content to another manufacturer's mp3 player. I'll stand by my statement that "onerous" is...

The article is very fair and balanced. When you think of it, what company doesn't want to lock in their customers? Apple has been very successful at it.

yeah, they're really good at marketing. I think they proven theirselves in computer-business. altho, iPod is another story. I personally think they should stick at computers. iPods are much more instable and are full of problems. I had 2 iPod video's (30GB), 1 iPod Shuffle (1GB) and now I'm rolling with a Nano G4 (8GB). All of these have (had) problems and to reply on this thread. Yes, Apple has me! I'm still buying new...

Quote: Originally Posted by mysterytramp There are a number of flaws in this writer's argument, but the biggest is the source: MS NBC. A TV channel/web site critiques Apple and we're supposed to accept that it has some sort of objectivity? If it were a MacRumors post, it would be shot down as trolling. Just because it's on a corporate stage doesn't make it less so. mt Did you even read the article? It's not an MSNBC...

Quote: Originally Posted by mysterytramp There are a number of flaws in this writer's argument, but the biggest is the source: MS NBC. A TV channel/web site critiques Apple and we're supposed to accept that it has some sort of objectivity? Please read it and demonstrate with evidence where it is being non-objective. Dismissing it for lacing objectivity simply because of a URL, without demonstrating WHY it lacks objectivity is,...

Quote: Originally Posted by rdowns Did you even read the article? Of course not as this is the Internet. Just the first and last sentences are enough.

Article doesn't seem to work, MSNBC search seems atrocious - got the full text?