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None of the above
I voted for "good business practice", because it was better than the alternative. Look, if people stopped buying iAnything for a while, Apple would abandon some of its ways. That said, there are plenty of comparable products to CHOOSE from, so there is NO monopoly. I wish the lemmings would pay a bit more attention to what's going on, but that's a pipe dream, I think.
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None of the above  bmgoodman | 11/07/07
agreed  russguill | 11/07/07
No, and that's fine.  TripleII | 11/07/07
With one condition  TripleII | 11/07/07
Since the iPod is a computer...  woot! | 11/07/07
Analoogy is incorrect.  TripleII | 11/07/07
Only for a monopoly.  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/08/07
Bingo  dave95. | 11/08/07
Better than that....  McDave | 11/08/07
You can?  ju1ce | 11/07/07
Amarok controls iPods, well, almost anything  TripleII | 11/07/07
Correct me if I'm wrong  Michael Kelly | 11/07/07
grin I guess you are right.  TripleII | 11/08/07
Firmware updates NOT mandantory  cseanor | 11/08/07
Why do I need..  msalzberg | 11/07/07
Bad analogy  NonZealot | 11/07/07
Out of curiousity  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 11/07/07
You're analogy misses the point.  msalzberg | 11/07/07
Not true  Michael Kelly | 11/07/07
Ah, but I don't use Linux..  msalzberg | 11/07/07
I use an HP all-in-one; but, I don't  Mujibahr | 11/08/07
No you don't  Michael Kelly | 11/08/07
You can also find other alternitives to iTunes  dave95. | 11/08/07
True, but  Michael Kelly | 11/08/07
On HP Software  voska | 11/08/07
Wrong way...  McDave | 11/08/07
No  weili | 11/07/07
More importantly...  McDave | 11/08/07
Though I respect Itunes  nucrash | 11/07/07
Could it be consumer preference?  Ken_z | 11/07/07
RE: Is the iPod/iTunes link monopolistic?  ju1ce | 11/07/07
Do you even read what you write?  NonZealot | 11/07/07
happy LOL  Madsmasher | 11/07/07
Exactly...  zbeauvais | 11/08/07
That's the point  voska | 11/08/07
Since we enjoy this debating...  ju1ce | 11/09/07
There are alternatives  otaddy | 11/07/07
Can I buy a computer from Apple without OS X?  rtk | 11/07/07
no you can't  Tigertank | 11/08/07
Then don't buy from Apple  voska | 11/08/07
Why buy an iMac...  McDave | 11/08/07
I don't get it.  ju1ce | 11/09/07
That's the point  voska | 11/08/07
Funny...  ju1ce | 11/09/07
Let me add this....  LordNyghthawk@... | 11/08/07
Not related...  McDave | 11/08/07
Agreed.  ju1ce | 11/09/07
Monopoly  D. T. Schmitz | 11/07/07
Yep, you got that right  otaddy | 11/07/07
Not quite  laura.b | 11/08/07
Ah, but...  rapson | 11/08/07
iPod is no more a monopoly than Windows is  NonZealot | 11/07/07
Re:iPod is no more a monopoly than Windows is  A Grain of Salt | 11/07/07
Just as close...  rtk | 11/07/07
Excuse me?  Len Rooney | 11/07/07
No, that's not right  laura.b | 11/08/07
I take your point.  A Grain of Salt | 11/08/07
Zealot actually makes a valid point.  Tigertank | 11/08/07
No difference  LordNyghthawk@... | 11/08/07
Technically they both are monopolies  voska | 11/08/07
Kind of Agree..  Tigertank | 11/08/07
I agree  laura.b | 11/08/07
Many many readily available alternatives  j.m.galvin | 11/07/07
re: Many many readily available alternatives  rtk | 11/07/07
How much did you pay..  msalzberg | 11/07/07
That's not really true  voska | 11/08/07
The contract with Microsoft..  msalzberg | 11/08/07
A lot of things are like that though.  laura.b | 11/08/07
So you didn't get dicount, nothing illegal there  voska | 11/08/07
Many alternatives from the beginning  dave95. | 11/08/07
Arguing = ???  Madsmasher | 11/07/07
Torn on this one  bohannjn | 11/07/07
A couple of points...  msalzberg | 11/07/07
Monopolistic as anything Microsoft ever did?  dave95. | 11/08/07
Hmmmm  LordNyghthawk@... | 11/08/07
Excellent Point  bohannjn | 11/07/07
You really can't call a company's..  msalzberg | 11/07/07
You don't  Len Rooney | 11/07/07
I agree,  TheTruthisOutThere@... | 11/08/07
Apple ipod only DRM has already been declared illegal in Europe  qpo | 11/08/07
What limitations are those?  voska | 11/08/07
If this goes anywhere Microsoft is in big trouble  voska | 11/08/07
Sompe people have way too much time on their hands...  BitTwiddler | 11/08/07
Look at what you can and can't do  rpmyers1 | 11/08/07

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