why dont they just add support? dont necessarily have to include the drives in the computer as there are many external options
That's what I tried to bring up in my Gainestown Mac Pro thread, but no one has responded to this point yet.
Apple obviously has reasons for not including HDCP. Whether or not these reasons make sense to anyone but them is irrelevant, because they'll never listen to anyone else.
In my point in the other thread, I ignored trying to figure out why Apple doesn't include it now and focused on when I felt they would HAVE to add it to be competitive (perhaps with another "late to the game" admission).
But... there's just no logical reason behind them not adding HDCP to...
*revelation*
Apple's on the Blu-ray board. They've been there since it was the Blue-ray board, back before finalization of the spec.
Apple hates DRM.
Apple wrote an open letter to the music industry, saying (paraphrased), "You're all idiots."
Now iTunes has no DRM.
I can see Apple writing an open letter to the Blu-ray Consortium, calling for the removal of HDCP (or a reworking).
If Apple DOES this, you can bet that within just a few years, there will BE no HDCP on Blu-ray movies (or a reworking), simply because Apple told them to do so.
Now we just have to hope for that blue Apple logo to show up at the bottom of the main page with "An Open Letter" below it.