![]() Anyone can write software for it, including open source software, and they do – in fact many Unix open source programs you may be familiar with run on OS X. The OS itself is not “DRM chocked”, nor is the platform a “locked in” closed platform the way say an Xbox or PS3 is. ![]() In what way is OS X more “DRM chocked” than MS? iTunes offers optional DRM, yes, so does Windows Media Player, and in fact Windows Media Player and Vista’s DRM is much more onerous than anything in OS X, as Vista also implements DRM designed to “plug the analog hole”. Hardware innovation would be stifled along with competition. The world of 90% share for Apple would be overpriced, DRM choked and locked in, and plagued by repeated bouts of planned obsolescence. We must hope this doesn’t go much further…the company business models are very different, and that matters a lot…Ī world in which Apple has 90% share would be a lot different, and a lot worse for society, than the present one with 90% share for MS.
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