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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by Nition on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:16PM (#16362258)
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.

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Re:The Long, Slow Decline of BitTorrent (2017) by thomastjeffery on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:42PM (#16363059)
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.

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