Apple start to bow to the RIAA

Wed, 28 May 2003 01:44:00 -0400
/technology

Cory Doctorow’s anger at Apple reminds me of another reason I use Free Software: I don’t like feeling betrayed.

Apple has removed a useful feature from its software, and its customers are out in the cold. I paid $50 or so for downloadable iTunes tracks, with the understanding that Apple had sold me something that would stream over the Internet. Yesterday, they had. Today, they took it away. And they called it an “enhancement.” As Winston Smith said to O’Brien, “Don’t feed me shit and tell me it’s Victory Gin.”