• AppStore to the Mac with DRM
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[quote] Well, it's official. Apple has now announced it's bringing the App Store concept to the Mac and it looks like they'll be restricting apps with FairPlay DRM too for good measure. When we first began talking about the problems with the App Store on the iPhone and iPod Touch, people wanted us to drop it and stop talking about the DRM tricks being pulled by Apple on the grounds that the iPhone wasn't a general purpose computer (it is, and the iPad is too) but rather an appliance. Presumably, Apple won't (yet) be stopping the Mac from installing software from other sources as they have with the iPhone, at least not just yet. But consider this: just like the original iMac shipped without a floppy drive, the MacBook Air (recently updated) was the first Mac without an optical drive -- will this have the effect, intentional or otherwise of making the App Store the only place to buy certain software, including its own iLife suite of 'lifestyle' applications? While downloading software from independent or non-approved developers isn't likely to go away tomorrow, this is an important wake-up call: [LIST] [*]This is Apple's latest attempt to 'iPadize' the Mac OS X platform, where your computer is just a lifestyle device, where all your media is purchased from approved sources, where someone else makes the decisions about what software you're allowed to run and what you're allowed to do with it. Nevermind that it's the freedom to tinker and explore with computers that made Apple's operating system possible to begin with. [*]If you have a Mac, make sure you're ready for the apocalypse now. Install VLC, install Adium, install Firefox, install all the free software you can, before it's too late, and some guy in a black turtleneck decides you can't. [*]And don't use the new store -- vote with your feet to say that you oppose Apple's move toward further control over your software[/quote] [/LIST] [url=http://www.defectivebydesign.org/macappstore]source[/url] [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Wrong forum" - cosmic duck))[/highlight]
I was slightly interested in Macs earlier on, the high cost just had kept me away from them. Now, every single bit of interest in Apple products died out in me.
Oh SO LATE.
Now Apple has done it. I'm trashing my Mac right away.
Not much of a surprise at all. Apple has always favored closed source and proprietary technology from the start. Locking things down with software isn't a far cry away from anything else they do already lol. Hell, they've even patented a way to brick iphones/ipods that were jailbroken. Does this really surprise anyone at all now? xD
everyone who's posted in this thread so far has achieved nothing but prove their stupidity, os x isn't going to be any more closed than it was before. [editline]23rd October 2010[/editline] oh god and the OPs article is completely biased. the mac app store is completely optional to use, you'll be able to install apps and get media from wherever you want way to go
Before I begin, let me say this. I'm not biased. I own both a windows machine, linux boot drive, and a macbook. All work wonderfully at times, and shitty at others. I'm totally hating on Apple below, so don't be surprised about it. But the difference is I'm backing my stuff up with facts from recent events. If you want to edit, add to, or rebute any claim below go for it. I won't run away screaming "LALALALALALA" like most other people would. :3 So I log into my mac that uses OS X snow leopard (strictly a mac only OS, Apple refuses to sell it elsewhere) to make an iphone app (ATT only!). So I start up my developer apps and tools (most are heavily reliant on you owning a mac) and begin coding away. Soon I need to hook up my external monitor, and since I have an older macbook... I have to buy a special adapter from Apple to hook up said monitor (minidvi -> dvi). Later, I go out to the coffee shop and bring my macbook's battery booster I have. Thankfully, I bought one before they were sued to hell (*1) for using Apple's proprietary connector. I have to be sure to abid by the app store guidelines or else I won't be accepted (no competition to any apps Apple makes) so I better get back to work. After many hours of slaving away and coding, a materpiece emerges. Finally I can submit the app, hope it gets accepted, and enjoy the returns. Now people around the world can use my app on their iphone! I don't even have to worry about others enjoying a similar experience on an htc phone either. Apple is suing the [i]fuck[/i] out of them for copying their idea of the -brace yourself- touchscreen phone(*2). Maybe later on I could port it to work with the new mac app store as well! Though with Fairplay, I would need to make a few versions of the same app for different OS versions and whatnot. I may not be able to allow apps to work with mine unless they use fairplay too, otherwise it could create loopholes. Hmm. Complicated stuff here. In another note, Fairplay increases time devs need to spend developing their apps. It also stiffles that thing called 'innovation' Apple leans on so much. If you make it hard to have a 3rd party app work with the ones you make, guess what, you won't get apps for that. (Oh dear god Apple, don't sue me, I used your copyrighted "app for that" phrase!(*3)). no, Apple is most definitely not biased to closed source and proprietary technology. Definitely not. *1 ([url]http://hothardware.com/News/HyperMac-MagSafe-Cables-Will-Not-Be-Sold-After-November-2nd/[/url]) *2 ([url]http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-sues-htc-for-infringing-20-iphone-patents/[/url]) *3 ([url]http://www.freedomlist.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34365[/url])
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