gizmodo.com— OK, so EMI's music is gonna be on iTunes without any DRM. Huzzah! But it's AAC, albeit unencrypted AAC, not the more friendly and universal MP3 format. While many players support AAC, not all do.
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My thoughts exactly. If you're already using iTunes, and you want MP3, just have iTunes convert it for you. Don't be a moron and complain about the wrong format.
MP3 is on its way out due to the crazy patent junk going on. If these cross-patents hold up MP3 is dead. At least ACC, so far, seems to be clean, Apple using it, in hindsight, seems to be a good move!
I'm pretty annoyed by all of this. For months now everything has being complaining that "iTunes has DRM", "When will iTunes sell music without DRM". Now Apple have annouced it, all everyone can do is bitch about how they are not happy with the decision to use a format (that is better/used by Apple anyway) and that Apple should bend over backwards to make us all happy by distrubuting MP3s, which are larger and subsequently will cost more bandwidth (which would mean a higher cost to the consumer).
m1ss1ontomarsApr 3, 2007
My thoughts exactly. If you're already using iTunes, and you want MP3, just have iTunes convert it for you. Don't be a moron and complain about the wrong format.
Closed AccountApr 3, 2007
MP3 is on its way out due to the crazy patent junk going on. If these cross-patents hold up MP3 is dead. At least ACC, so far, seems to be clean, Apple using it, in hindsight, seems to be a good move!
vdxcApr 3, 2007
I'm pretty annoyed by all of this. For months now everything has being complaining that "iTunes has DRM", "When will iTunes sell music without DRM". Now Apple have annouced it, all everyone can do is bitch about how they are not happy with the decision to use a format (that is better/used by Apple anyway) and that Apple should bend over backwards to make us all happy by distrubuting MP3s, which are larger and subsequently will cost more bandwidth (which would mean a higher cost to the consumer).
r3zonanceApr 3, 2007
"Why do you need all 12,000 songs on your iPod?"Why do dog's lick their bo***cks?
balancedApr 3, 2007
Or one of dozens (if not hundreds) of other devices that can play AAC. I like iPods, but I admit they're not perfect for everyone.
astrotrainApr 3, 2007
True.. but you get a lousy quality when attempting to re-rip the song since it is now a second generation copy.
falcon413Apr 4, 2007
This is a time-wasting article. Come on, will it play AAC? Who cares? If it doesn't, convert the damn thing in iTunes. What's the big fuzz about it?!
huyashamashaMay 4, 2007
Impossible! I've heard about this month ago, but I can't remember where exactly.
xzuneMay 7, 2007
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