DRM is evil. Apple DRM is no exception, even if they’ve probably invented the least annoying kind of DRM there is, it’s still DRM and it still restricts you, all in the name of artificial market differentiation. Which is wrong, and evil.
As to Apple Music, I can see myself using it for discovery, but I’ll never allow my library to become tainted with the content. It’s just too great a risk, for me and I think for others; if streaming becomes popular and therefore exclusive, music ownership will be lost forever. Also, it’s fairly well known that streaming and rentals don’t help artists nearly as much as purchases, because there’s fierce competition on the margins and of course the listening tastes of listeners are not nearly as uniform as one might hope for the artists. So, yes, very awesome, but let’s not forget what this is about: you’re paying for a closed service that will end when you stop paying for it. Online or offline, indistinguishable from the real thing or not, the service is either a way for you to stay locked in, or a way for you to purchase songs. And it’s all thanks to DRM. I’d have hoped for a thousand other different models that reconciled reality with market desires, perhaps involving lossless formats or automatic purchases of offline downloads, but there it is. Please don’t fall into the trap of thinking you own anything you listen to on Apple Music. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
