Cutting the cable

[Vanraw]

Let's face it, divx is a standard for piracy. Sure it's used for legal stuff too, but most people who have divx files they want to play got them via bittorrent. That Apple doesn't feel a particular need to make it easy for people stealing movies instead of buying them through iTunes...not terribly surprising.

Wow, this is very naive. Divx is used by allot more then bittorrent priacy. Microsift Xbox and Sony ps3 support it. I think you are painting apple like some sort of a angelic company that frankly couldn't be farther from the truth. The formats they do and dont support, as well as the restrictions they put on other companies / players playing their format is nothing short of propriety minipulation to force people to use iTunes.

Why cant I stream a itunes purchased movie or music on my media player / xbox? The fact that I cant makes me want to convert it to divx.

My biggest grip (as a customer) with Apple is their screwed up DRM and how they attempt to use it to force customers into a proprietary player. Its like they make DVD's that cant be played in 90% of the players? Can you say betamax?

I think in the long run it is going to hurt them.