In the last few years, I’ve had several friends move to the east coast. It’s gotten to the point that it’s just ridiculous.
Here’s the rundown of friends who have deserted the Midwest: Aaron, Mike, Brandon, Alex, Kyle, Grant and next week, Summer.
Really, it’s a bit of a bummer.
I love my iPhone, but I’m getting fed up with Apple’s iTunes Store.
A friend of mine recently told me about a band I should check out called “The Hold Steady.” I did a quick search and found them on the iTunes Store, and also found them on Amazon.com’s MP3 store.
With Apple’s store, the songs came with Digital Rights Management, or DRM, which limits how many times you can transfer the song files to other computers, and you have to “authorize” a computer to play the file with your iTunes username and password.
But Amazon.com’s MP3 store doesn’t have that restriction. Many times you can music for the same - or sometimes even lower price - but without all this DRM mess. The download process is smooth, and it works great on any MP3 player.
Why Apple persists with DRM is beyond my comprehension. I recommend that you send Apple and the rest of the music industry a message: purchase DRM-free music from Amazon.com.
It’s your money. Make it your music, not Apple’s