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NBC shows leave iTunes but join Amazon's Unbox - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Topic: Miscellaneous 10:49 am EDT, Sep  5, 2007

That's right, NBC's upcoming season of shows may not be available via iTunes (pending contract negotiations), but they will be available at Amazon Unbox.

They neglect to mention that NBC's shows will also be widely available on BitTorrent and other file sharing networks, which I suspect a number of current payers will be exploring this season.

These assholes are really just making me want to give up on TV and movies wholesale. Even iTunes has this problem with being locked in, and I don't like it, but they remain the most convenient, largely because they support Macs, unlike everyone fucking else.

I've made arguments against subscription models and will continue to do so.

Sadly, however, DRM turns even "purchases" into subscriptions. You can only keep using the media while you continue to support the proper hardware/software configuration. And these keep changing as media producers jump back and forth between services.

Makes me want to give up paying anyone a dime for any of it, which is a damn shame.

NBC shows leave iTunes but join Amazon's Unbox - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)



 
 
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