And people wonder why as a Mac user since the beginning (my first was a LCII, used an Apple IIc before that), I don't use an iPod

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I've never trusted the RIAA and the sway they have with Apple. All of my music (even the music I buy from iTunes) is in un DRM'ed MP3 so that I can play it on anything I want. I can always go back to Maccast for my MP3 player

(maybe I can't, they seem to have disappeared).