It's not about innovation, it's about whether keeping the protected ACC proprietary to the Mac
*snip*
Apple doing this is no different than Microsoft keeping a file type unique to PCs and using it as a leverage to keep a customer from buying a Mac.
AAC is not proprietary to the Mac. It is proprietary to iTunes, which is available for Windows. AAC is not unique to the Mac so it is very different than Microsoft keeping a file type unique to PCs and using it as leverage to keep a customer from buying a Mac.
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Originally posted by BenRoethig
Don't they? Music sales and music players see, like two different areas to me.
Did Apple already have a monopoly in one of those two areas and then use that monopoly to kill the competition in the other?
Originally posted by BenRoethig
It's not about innovation, it's about whether keeping the protected ACC proprietary to the Mac
*snip*
Apple doing this is no different than Microsoft keeping a file type unique to PCs and using it as a leverage to keep a customer from buying a Mac.
AAC is not proprietary to the Mac. It is proprietary to iTunes, which is available for Windows. AAC is not unique to the Mac so it is very different than Microsoft keeping a file type unique to PCs and using it as leverage to keep a customer from buying a Mac.