Robert A. Uhl

Well, Apple are happily celebrating their one-billionth song sold, and Thomas Hawk points out that it’s the consumers who are getting shafted. All that music you’ve bought is only playable on Apple-approved platforms; if something better comes out, something which threatens the Great Fruit, then you’re SOL: they won’t support it, and you can’t play it. Meanwhile, those of us who insist on freedom are just as well off as ever.