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    Apple is the only large digital content provider which wants to force us to buy their proprietary device ("Apple TV") to watch their proprietary content. It really does decrease the value for Apple's content. In fact I'm just not going to buy Apple's DRM-ed video anymore, as I have to plug in a HDMI cable to watch it on my TV.

People said that about iTunes, no?

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I'd argue that the long term future of iTunes isn't fantastic. Individual music companies (Spotify, Rdio) are providing better experiences than Apple can.

Really? I don't like spotify compared to iTunes. I can't imagine locking myself into a service for the rest of my life in order to hear music. Once I buy it from iTunes, it's mine to use as I please, it's not locked up in some stupid custom DRM-laden app (which is fairly ironic).

I can't imagine locking myself into a service for the rest of my life in order to hear music.

But Spotify doesn't lock you into anything.

If I don't pay the monthly fee then I can't listen to albums on my phone. That's pretty much the definition of lock-in.

iTunes videos are DRM-ed

Yes, we're discussing music not video.

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