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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by dkonofalski on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @11:45AM (#26168395)
Apple wanted to launch iTunes as DRM-free but wasn't able to negotiate the licensing for it. The content providers were the ones that made the DRM a requirement.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by zepto on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:53PM (#26172307)
Yes, and then Apple convinced them to go DRM free.

iTunes has been DRM free for more than a decade now.

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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by dkonofalski on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:51AM (#26181254)
Yes, I know that. I was just pointing out to the person claiming that Apple was the one that initiated DRM in iTunes that Apple never wanted it to begin with.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by zepto on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:58AM (#26181365)
Ok, your comment left it ambiguous as to what state it ended up in.
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Re:Epic Games steps up Apple fight with EU antitrust complaint by dkonofalski on Thursday February 18, 2021 @10:59AM (#26181377)
Agreed. Can't edit it anymore, though. :(

Thanks for clarifying.

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