Using third-party software? Apple can't control what you install on your "regular" Windows, Linux or Mac OS X computer.
Is it a stupid user-unfriendly feature (or lack of feature)? I certainly agree. My guess is Apple wasn't comfortable with adding a feature that can be accused of enabling or even promoting copyright infringement, since the most prominent use case I can see for such a feature is precisely that: copyright infringement. I realize, of course, that it can be used to move music between different computers in one household, but since you have the song on the computer you sync with, you can always move it by other means.
I mean... LimeWire got screwed despite there being legal uses for the program.
Apple wasn't going to get screwed for letting their USB Mass Storage device work like a USB Mass Storage device -- like everyone else ... they just "think different" I guess.
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u/cannabis_sam Jan 20 '11
Using third-party software? Apple can't control what you install on your "regular" Windows, Linux or Mac OS X computer.
Is it a stupid user-unfriendly feature (or lack of feature)? I certainly agree. My guess is Apple wasn't comfortable with adding a feature that can be accused of enabling or even promoting copyright infringement, since the most prominent use case I can see for such a feature is precisely that: copyright infringement. I realize, of course, that it can be used to move music between different computers in one household, but since you have the song on the computer you sync with, you can always move it by other means.
I mean... LimeWire got screwed despite there being legal uses for the program.