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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash
Yes, but now they have Apple Music, and the related streaming radio. Apple Music tracks can be downloaded to iOS devices for offline listening, and those are DRM protected.
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I guess I'm struggling to make sense of the argument.
With regard to the offline music tracks, Apple is a 3rd party vendor. The music in those tracks doesn't belong to them, instead, it belongs to the labels. And those same labels have licensed (and continue to license) that music to be consumed in the same way on other services like Spotify and Google Play music. Both services being available both on Android and iOS.
So why would the labels request that Apple implement a DRM block on the iPhone when they didn't request it of Spotify and Google Play Music? And why would they want a DRM block on the iPhone and not on Android devices?