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Steve Jobs' Testimony Expected to Play Major Role in iPod Antitrust Lawsuit
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...actually, it was magneto-optical (read by a laser, but needing laser + magnetic field to write).
So you're both right (or both wrong) although "magnetic" is probably less right than "optical".
These are all the same reasons Apple would not support Blu-ray discs. Apple wants to limit your access to content. They want to funnel you into the content that they will sell you.
Apple doesn't do what is best for its customers; it does what is best for itself.
Apple doesn't do what is best for its customers; it does what is best for itself.
Right, and that is what Apple is doing and I am not sure if that is in the best interest of the consumer.
You aren't reading what the complaint is if you don't understand why this is a lawsuit.
Apple sold two things:
1) A MP3 Player (iPod)
2) MP3 songs
As a consumer it is my expectation that if I buy #1 (a MP3 player) that I can play any MP3 that i own. According to the consumers this was not the case.
As a consumer it is my expectation that if I buy a MP3 I can play that MP3 on any MP3 player. According to the consumers this is not the case.
How many of you would be furious and posting if you bought a Honda and after the fact found out you could only use Honda manufactured gas? All of you
How many of you would be furious and posting if you bought a Chevron Gas and after the fact found out you could only use that gas in a Chevron manufactured car? All of you.
I have no clue who will win the case, but I understand why a suit was brought forward.
Apple sold two things:
1) A MP3 Player (iPod)
2) MP3 songs
As a consumer it is my expectation that if I buy #1 (a MP3 player) that I can play any MP3 that i own. According to the consumers this was not the case.
As a consumer it is my expectation that if I buy a MP3 I can play that MP3 on any MP3 player. According to the consumers this is not the case.
How many of you would be furious and posting if you bought a Honda and after the fact found out you could only use Honda manufactured gas? All of you
How many of you would be furious and posting if you bought a Chevron Gas and after the fact found out you could only use that gas in a Chevron manufactured car? All of you.
I have no clue who will win the case, but I understand why a suit was brought forward.
Correct me if I'm wrong - The iPod could always play .mp3 files from day 0 (23OCT2001.) So if you wanted to sell content for the iPod, just sell .mp3. So blame the content owners for that.
The issue is that no one else could build a device that could play protected iTunes purchased .aac because FairPlay was not freely available nor available licensed from Apple. FairPlay should have been covered under FRAND.
The issue is that no one else could build a device that could play protected iTunes purchased .aac because FairPlay was not freely available nor available licensed from Apple. FairPlay should have been covered under FRAND.
When was the last time you bought a CD?
I haven't in years and like most people I know, I get my music online.
As far as I am concerned. For Apple to release a player that only plays certain formats is fine, if it is known in advance that this is the case. But if they take steps to actively prevent other music files from playing on it that’s different . That IS Apple all over.
I often question that fact that they can say things like, ‘Must not duplicate functionality’, in the App Store and get away with it. That’s stifling competition and is a monopoly. This sets an arbitrary qualification process that only Apple can administer.
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No actually they don't. They market PS4 as a PS4 game player. If they marketed it as any type of video game player then you would have a point.
Not exactly. You can buy Xbox/PS4 games at any store you want. You are not forced to use a single source provider. The problem is that iTunes was forced EVEN after workarounds were found to get music from other sources.
It's like MS forcing you to buy games at Gamestop after you buy an Xbox.
How is that different than Amazon selling books for the kindle? Sony selling games for the Playstation? Google selling apps for android phones? Microsoft selling programs for windows?
That is not what the lawsuit is about. If it were then you would have a point. Even if you could return the car or the gas it is irrelevant. Consumer based law has nothing to do with whether or not you can return it.
Yes. And it is crazy that the market (consumers) lets them continue to get away with that.
I am quoting you to try and understand this case. I thought the same two points you brought up.
HOWEVER, I was under the impression that any MP3 could work, as it did with my brother and my old iPods. I think we had Version 2 and/or 3.
ALSO, the MP3s purchased via iTunes had DRM but there was an easy trick to get them into MP3 format to play anywhere. they had a Convert to MP3 and then there was the Make a CD, leave in the computer and then re-rip them...yes, not the best quality but neither was the mp3 you purchased from iTunes way back when.
I guess it depends on the lawyers though to see how this turns out.
Do they market Kindle books to be used on any book reader or do they market them as Kindle books? Does Sony sell games that they claim will work in any video game system? Does Microsoft sell programs they claim will work for OS X, Linux, etc?
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I would be lying if I said I knew all of the technology and many here would be better to answer your question, but this is the reason that there is a lawsuit. Are there workaround? Probably. I can only speak as to what the complaint is about. The courts will decide who was in the wrong.
Same thing can be said about hddvd and bluray war. I don't see any Bluray players that can play old hddvd. Yes, I bought a hddvd player and could not play my media on a bluray player. Maybe I should start a class action lawsuit. #
