I’m really sick of all the content being fed by Windows Media DRM.
This time around it’s NBC Direct.
- iTunes is not OS dependent
- iTunes is not Browser specific
- iTunes does not require media keys
- iTunes “just works”
- iTunes has been a proven success
So the the change? It’s all about control and WMV let’s them screw the consumer all they want by requiring the “hoops” for the lemmings and screwing the majority of the world with non-WMV DRM players, but those Zune owners are stoked.
It’s just one more thing Mac users to deal with. I would say another complication with Linux too but since I’m comparing the DRM schemes to iTunes it’s meaningless.
Why OS X and not Linux?
There is really nothing religious about our use of open source. We use it because it’s better on the scales of merit that we care about. For infrastructure software, such as web servers, databases, server operating systems, programming languages, and web frameworks, the scales of merit lend themselves incredibly well to open-source development. Thus, we use it and are passionate about it.For desktop operating systems? Not so much. There are just too many disciplines involved that programmers are not naturally good at and don’t have sufficient levels of taste to prepare masterfully. And programmers constitute the vast majority of builders in the open source community.
Read the rest of the article, it fits my sentiments exactly.
I’d also like to add:
When it comes to the power of the underlying OS, OS X and Linux are practically the same. So the apparent advantage of Linux over Windows isn’t necessarily the case when you compare OS X and Linux.
A lot of the best applications found on Linux can also be found compiled for OS X. I also notice a lot of open source apps are polished up and sold for OS X, not just polished looks but polished functionality that may warrant the small fee.
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