Thank goodness I dont have any protected content, that would not be good.
"It means that Zune will provide no choices for content; you either buy protected content from Zune marketplace or are on your own to find unprotected content."
Two years ago MS said that choice of several music services was beneficial to customers. "Windows is about choice, you can mix and match all of this stuff. We believe you should have the same choice when it comes to music services." (David Fester, general manager of Microsoft's Windows digital media division) Now in a complete U-turn to previous claims they're endorcing the iPod+iTunes model. J.Allard interviewed by Engadget: "Zune says there is no choice; you get a Zune device, you hook it up to the Zune service, and it just works."
Excellent analysis of the Zune thingy, but it occurs to me that there may be another answer that explains Microsoft's odd bahaviour regarding the price and compatibility of the Zune. I think they are going to subsidize it...sell them for $99, or something like that. Buy their way into the market, then milk users for the rest of their lives as they buy/rent media.
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