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March 25, 2004
Real Bad Advice
Posted by Sandy
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser suggests that Apple's iPod should support other online music stores, not just the iTunes store.
"Apple's (market) share will go down if they continue to do this. The only way to presently put songs on an iPod is to (buy) them from iTunes," Glaser said, referring to downloads purchased from online music stores.
Of course, iPod users can also listen to any MP3 file, and any unprotected AAC file, including songs "ripped" from their own CD collection, but I'm
sure Glaser had no intention of misleading people.
We've been over this before. It makes no sense for Apple to support protected file formats controlled by competitors. Adding support for WMA or Real's version of AAC can only help Microsoft and Real, and hurt iPod users in the long run.
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