Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)
by ehsankia on Monday February 12, 2018 @02:42PM
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Oh the other hand, if it's on iTunes it's almost an instant piracy. Not only you can't buy it without installing a huge application, you can't even preview it either.
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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)
by Nition on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:16PM
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Can anyone speculate on why Apple has never made iTunes purchasing available as an online store? It's the prospect of installing iTunes that keeps me away as well.
I've used Google Play when I couldn't find something on Bandcamp because it lets me purchase and download the album in a browser. But even then you have to have an account.
Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)
by thomastjeffery on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:42PM
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It's all part of their one-size-fits-all approach.
They want to make sure everyone uses their software that runs on their overpriced hardware, and DRM is yet another way to enforce that.
Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017)
by merb on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:42PM
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well to be fair iTunes isn't as bad as it is on windows.
granted it was better when I started using a mac. around ~10.9
but I regulary buy music there. it's simple and iTunes is fast on mac and I like how it organizes music.
but yeah I never liked it/like it on windows.