tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38606399.post8492677853994976006..comments2023-09-23T00:38:53.296-07:00Comments on Money and Such: iPhone: Intentionally Crippled TechnologyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38606399.post-40199273447627331142009-09-04T12:52:09.610-07:002009-09-04T12:52:09.610-07:00Here is another story written by a blogger who sha...Here is another story written by a blogger who shares similar frustration as you do re: bullying corporations.<br /><br />Its a long read, but it is extremely funny and satisfying.<br /><br />http://www.dooce.com/2009/08/28/containing-capital-letter-or-twoJune S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07683060297705968043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38606399.post-3761605048570693352009-08-28T07:40:02.336-07:002009-08-28T07:40:02.336-07:00I do not think comparing the iPhone with Windows i...I do not think comparing the iPhone with Windows is fair. After all, Apple doesn't censor apps for the Mac and Microsoft does censor apps for the XBox.<br /><br />Apple's reasons for the iPhone being a restricted platform are pretty clear, whether or not we agree with them. I wouldn't consider those reasons to be particularly nefarious, with the exception of their decision to block apps that they deem to conflict with the core apps. I suspect we will see a lessening of the restrictions as time passes. In fact, that has already happened (ex. when Apple changed their policy and started allowing the "fart" apps).<br /><br />My point, however, was that I don't understand what this has to do with deciding not to get a Mac. There are plenty of reasons not to get a Mac, but this one seems very odd. This seems like a reasonable argument for not getting an iPhone, but you've already done that (though perhaps you regret it?).<br /><br />DRM sucks, on that we can agree. :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38606399.post-76210907506204272082009-08-27T23:19:58.955-07:002009-08-27T23:19:58.955-07:00Ren - my point re Apple is that these guys run a c...Ren - my point re Apple is that these guys run a closed system. If they had won the war for control of the operating system vs. Microsoft, we'd all be living under Steve Job's left thumb. Say what you will about Microsoft, at least they let other people build applications for Windows without censorship a-la iPhone App store.<br /><br />Staphane - my data is safe. It's all on my home server (and 2 other independent back-ups - what can I say, I am paranoid about my data). The problem is the hassle of making sure the right data is on the right machine, making sure that machines are "authorized" and generally dealing with DRM crap.Shadoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742366461186295248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38606399.post-2914742552122169562009-08-27T21:28:13.522-07:002009-08-27T21:28:13.522-07:00I am software engineer and reinstall my OS several...I am software engineer and reinstall my OS several times a years , what you are talking about was driving me nuts. I lost of paid content from napster (the legal version) and itunes <br /><br />You can always burn to a cd and rerip but that'a big pain and you loose metadata. <br />I found a great solution: TuneClone , it basically simulates a CD burn - and frees your content !stephanenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38606399.post-21966657329576365802009-08-27T12:38:28.891-07:002009-08-27T12:38:28.891-07:00Yes, not being able to freely copy your media wher...Yes, not being able to freely copy your media where you want is very annoying. Thankfully, Apple resisted efforts to support Microsoft's WMA encoding and eventually pushed to allow DRM-free music. Thus, you can easily copy your music to your new computer. I am not sure that iTunes will not simply copy the DRM-free music from your iPhone; I'm no expert, so for all I know, it could do that. (You may want to read more about the WMA issue and the move to DRM-free music at <a href="http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/07/06/ogg-theora-h-264-and-the-html-5-browser-squabble/" rel="nofollow">Roughly Drafted</a>.)<br /><br />Now, if you want to not have the issue with syncing your iPhone to the new computer, you could simply enable the "manually manage music" option in iTunes. It is only when you are keeping it in sync that you run into the problem.<br /><br />By the way, I read through the link you posted that was supposedly an answer for not getting a Mac, but it didn't seem to address that at all. Your choice. For what it's worth, I understand that Apple provides pretty nice tools for moving your programs and data over from your old system. However, I've not used those tools myself. Also, I have no idea how well they work for pulling these things from the hard drive of a dead system rather than from a running system.<br /><br />Back to your main point, though, which I interpret to be the undue control that content owners have over content users. I've long thought that a content owner should be forced to choose between copyright protection and technical protection. The privilege of copyright protection needs to be accompanied by some concessions, such as making a non-protected version of the content available for the future when the copyright expires (in case the content owner no longer has the non-protected version at that time), and not unduly preventing fair use.<br /><br />If, instead, the content owner wants to use technical means to protect the content, they are free to do so. But if that technique blocks definitely fair uses of the content, then they should no longer have the privilege of copyright protection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com