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May 31, 2007
iTunes, iPhone, Return of the Living Dead
Okay, lets start by saying... I am not easily attracted by Apple.
But the repositioning of the DRM capability on the Apple iTunes website has given pause to like them more.
Additionally, I have discovered a friend working on the iPhone who has shared with me that the phone will be more open then I originally thought.
So I am seeing apple live up to the image of being able to do anything with them including not follow their restrictive interfaces.
Lets see where this leads.
As for the DRM side of the equation, it cost 30 cents more to gain access to an open copy. I think that price can be thought of as insurance / risk mitigation.
My expectation is that it will be adopted by 75% of the users.
As for the rest of us...I will look to do a webinar podcast on DRM in the near future.
Posted by carl at May 31, 2007 07:37 AM
Comments
Unfortunately there isn't a lot of non-DRM stuff yet, but some of my favorite artists are DRM-free, so I find the shift pretty exciting. Of course, I *am* quite partial to Apple...
If the iPhone turns out to be programmable by geeks like me, that would be very exciting - my main reason for not wanting one is that if I'm carrying something around in my pocket all day, I want to be able to program it. Right now my main hope for this is the OpenMoko Neo1973.
Posted by: Ted Lemon at May 31, 2007 08:17 PM