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Originally Posted by Bremen Cole
Another absurd thread title. The Kindle, Nook and Sony readers are by default tied to DRM and their company stores (Sony less than the others, but still....). The iPad will be no different. Of course Apple would prefer you buy everything from iTunes, but the consumer that wants to can always get around it. I have had iPods/iPhone over 4 years and have never bought even 1 mp3 from iTunes. I have bought a few apps (good value) but never any music.
Don't worry about a portable electronic device being bad for your "freedoms". Instead keep a close eye on your government.  |
Hehehe.... "Don't worry about a portable electronic device being bad for your "freedoms". Instead keep a close eye on your government."
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I'm in agreement. I've owned iPods for many years now and never needed to buy any music from the iTunes store. We had iTunes vouchers lying around here for months (that we got with the first iPods) before we even used them, and even then I only bought games.
Since the iPhones entered the house the only thing I have bought (that wasn't free) was the odd fantastic app. No need to buy music or audiobooks from iTunes. My music is my own and my audiobooks are from audible or other sites. Then of course there are the many hundreds of radio apps.
I'm pretty confident that I will be able to load my ebooks and video to my iTunes/iPad as easily as I have for my music and audiobooks.
I'm all FOR the iPad. I think it's marvelous
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