While reading feeds this morning I came across a post by Kent Newsome titled “The Non-iTuners Manifesto.” I found it interesting in that Kent seems to be rejecting iTunes media in its whole because he feels it’s restricting, limiting and controlling:
We have previously rejected iPods, because we refuse to capitulate to iTunes, both the application and the format, as the toll road to our musical destinations.
We hereby reject iTunes movie rentals because we refuse to capitulate to idiotic viewing limitations
I have a different view on this. I have an iPod and I do sometimes use iTunes online. I guess there’s no surprise in this bit of knowledge since I’m a Mac user. :-)
However, I use iTunes to the point of my convenience. No one forces me to be all iTunes or nothing. I get much of my music from sources other then iTunes, including purchasing CDs. I’ve been a subscriber to Netflix for years and plan on continuing to do so. Most of my movies will likely continue to be rented from Netflix but when it’s convenient for me I’ll probably rent a few from iTunes.
I’ve never had any problems with iTunes format or copy protection in music. I can play them where I want to and burn them to a CD if need be. I expect I’ll also find the movie rentals to be “workable” when I wish to use it.
I don’t subscribe to just one information source or blog on the Internet, I subscribe to many. By that same principle I like having various media sources, only one of which is iTunes.
No manifesto required.