I have no patience for NBCU or Apple. If TV companies want more money for this stuff they should distribute it themselves. It's not like the tech isn't there. Hell, it's not like the tech isn't there for free downloading and serving up intermission adverts to support it. The entertainment industry just took the path of least resistance and then has the audacity to whine about illegal downloading.
As for Apple, my opinions of the stranglehold on this market and the proprietary crap between their iTunes downloads and the players are not a big secret. It smacks of monopolization - which just humours me considering they exist in an industry that is perpetually smacking Microsoft for the exact same.
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Date: 2007-10-01 02:30 am (UTC)As for Apple, my opinions of the stranglehold on this market and the proprietary crap between their iTunes downloads and the players are not a big secret. It smacks of monopolization - which just humours me considering they exist in an industry that is perpetually smacking Microsoft for the exact same.