Dropping headphone jack enables DRM lockdown

[cynics]

It is a non issue. You attach an adapter to your headphones and are done. Also, iTunes files have not had DRM on them in close to a decade. Debunked

iTunes purchases don't. Apple Music does.

 

[DblHelix]

It is a non issue. You attach an adapter to your headphones and are done. Also, iTunes files have not had DRM on them in close to a decade. Debunked. Also, what will prevent recording from the adapter? Get real

 

[Nermal]

It is a non issue. You attach an adapter to your headphones and are done.

For now, but for how long? Remember that the old analogue video output cable only worked for a few generations and was then replaced with a DRM-laden one.

I know that I'm being a pessimist/cynic, but history has taught me to be wary.

 

[orangebluedevil]

This is a fascinating article, I wonder if the bean counters have cooked up a plan to recoup the Beats disaster:

http://boingboing.net/2016/08/12/how-a-digital-only-smartphone.html


Excerpt:

"Once all the audio coming out of an Iphone is digital -- once there's no analog output -- Apple gets a lot more options about how it can relate to its competitors, and they're all good for Apple and bad for Apple's customers. Just by wrapping that audio in DRM, Apple gets a veto over which of your devices can connect to your phone. They can arbitrarily withhold permission to headphone manufacturers, insist that mixers be designed with no analog outputs, or even demand that any company that makes an Apple-compatible device must not make that device compatible with Apple's competitors, so home theater components that receive Apple signals could be pressured to lock out Samsung's signals, or Amazon's."

Then lightning to headphone jack adapter disables DRM lockdown.

 

[Aston441]

Then lightning to headphone jack adapter disables DRM lockdown.

Excellent point.