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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 72 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I remember iTunes only letting you change computer like 2-3 times max before the drm would make mysic not work any more, but maybe it was no-drm in the beginning.

I had a chinese 1GB shuffle though so IDK if that's correct.

The chinese shuffle also doubled up as a usb key (very useful back then) and also didn't need iTunes to function smh.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah IIRC you're right, though I remember you could contact apple and reset it.

It was called FairPlay DRM and they only really got rid of it around a decade after iTunes launched. I'm not 100% but I think I had to pay to upgrade my already paid-for library to DRM free too

[–] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 months ago

It may have originally had DRM but it doesn’t now.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

That didn't last very long.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But then later for like $10 I could take all my pirate music, legitimize it, and download a copy from iTunes if theirs was better quality. That was nice.

Edit: iTunes Match

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yeah this guy is on some Apple fanboy shit if he thinks iTunes was drm free. Their shitty design for iTunes and decision to force you to use it despite it making the experience of listening to music much worse is the primary reason an ipod is the only Apple device I've ever owned. Freedom of choice and Apple have never mixed. That's such a weird angle to take when describing them.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So they only forced everyone into their ecosystem for seven years and once they cornered their market they gave back the illusion of choice? That's cool I guess but that's explicitly the opposite of what I mean when I say freedom of choice, open source, DRM free, etc.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

I'm not defending Apple. Just stating that at one time iTunes was DRM free.

DRM apologist, like so many of the Steam fanboys. "No, it's good DRM, you see?"