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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by tdavis on Thursday September 11, 2008 @05:18PM (#301781)
Probably for the same reason Daemon Tools doesn't add any hardware but still installs drivers? They're required for the software to function properly.
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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by jcl on Thursday September 11, 2008 @05:36PM (#301799)
Daemon Tools needs to install drivers because it is adding fake hardware -- a fake CD drive that needs to be indistinguishable from a real one so that it can circumvent physical copy protection. I'd be surprised if iTunes needs to do the same thing.
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Re:Apple goes too far in iTunes 8 by tdavis on Thursday September 11, 2008 @06:09PM (#301827)
Perhaps not the same thing, but it would seem that we have opposite assertions both based on assumptions. I don't think this is going anywhere ;)
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