Thread: Is this Apple's e-book trojan horse?
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Old 09-19-2009, 12:22 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by sdbryan View Post
That is just fashionable nonsense. When Apple introduced the iPod there was no DRM other than a message not to steal music. DRM for the iTunes Music Store was forced by the music industry and Apple was happy to get rid of it when it became possible. In the open source sense there are few commercial companies with more open source participation, e.g. Webkit. There is an SDK for the iPhone, will there be one for the new Zune HD?
If Apple is open, then why is Mac OS only sold on Apple hardware? If Apple is open, then why were there numerous iPhone firmware updates that did little other than un-Jailbreak the phone?
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