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Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch
The iTunes Music Store doesn't exist to make money selling music. It exists in order to continue making Apple hardware necessary in people's lives. The DRM makes it absolutely necessary that your next MP3 player is an iPod. I'm not going to shit-can 4,000 songs for which I paid good money because SanDisk makes a slightly better player this year.
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This analysis seemed spot-on to me and then moreso after my visit to the Apple store yesterday. I inquired about a battery replacement (thanks to Icky for his helpful remarks earlier) and the greeter's first impulse was to tell me that I could trade in the old one for 10% off whatever new one I buy. I plan to buy a new one but was thinking about giving my old one to my nephew. It costs $80 to replace the battery and I have to make an appointment to do it. Sufficiently expensive and a pain in the ass that it's not worth it. I probably will just trade in the old one just for recycling reasons when I buy a new one in a few weeks.
Also, the place was pretty full, compared to the rest of the mall on a Friday afternoon, and considering that everyone is supposedly not spending their money on frivolous retail.
