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Originally Posted by andym
And the attack on Apple is pretty gratuitous really. The music industry wanted an effective DRM system that safeguarded their content before they would allow a legal download service. Apple gave them what they wanted and managed to build a successful legal download service. But they are equally happy selling EMI DRM-free tracks.
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It's also possible to convert once you have downloaded. The issue with Apple isn't DRM, it's an attempt to lock you into their platform. Apple's approach assumes you have an iPod as music player, or will get one to listen to music from iTunes. If you don't have an iPod, you must jump through a few hoops to use their content.
Apple is like any other hardware manufacturer: they want to drive customers to their product line.
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Apple have a pretty good record for supporting standards - much better than Microsoft (OK I know not saying much). The most standards-compliant browser is Apple's Safari.
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Not the last I knew.
No browser is
fully standards compliant. The best of the lot are Firefox, Opera, and Safari, in about that order.
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Dennis