Responding to theiPhone revelationin the New York Times today , Randall Stross launch a harsh — but familiar — excoriation of Apple ’s FairPlay DRM system of rules . He argue , among other thing that :
Even if you are quick to pledge a life-time commitment to the iPod as your only trade name of portable euphony histrion or to the iPhone as your only cell once it is released , you may get that FairPlay copy protection will , sooner or later , cause you brokenheartedness . You are always going to have to corrupt Apple hooey . Forever and ever . Because your iTunes will not wager on anyone else ’s ironware .
I ’m not trusted most people think of keep on to buy Apple products as “ grief . ” While it may be a unsympathetic system , it ’s also what makes the system work as well as it does .
iTunes only has to work with the iPod and vice versa , and together they provide a pretty seamless experience . Besides , if FairPlay really cause the average mortal that much of a problem , they could ( and likely would ) just load steady MP3s onto their iPod .
So where do I sign that lifetime allegiance ? Will it get me an iPhone early ?
Want an iPhone ? Beware the iHancuffs[New York Times viaBoing Boing ]
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