Zune won't play your purchased music 


I can't even believe that this is true, but here is is, straight from the horse's mouth:
Plays for Sure: Zune isn’t “Plays for Sure” compatible and the DRM-protected music from PFS services likely won’t play without the usual burn to CD workaround. Lee’s explanation: PFS was established to make sure non-integrated players and services were compatible; because Zune is an integrated environment, it doesn’t need PFS. Lee: “We wanted an integrated experience from the beginning. … Our focus is on giving the user one great experience.”
You read that right - Microsoft is not going to allow their new Zune music player to use content purchased from stores supporting their own "Plays for Sure" technology. Again: IT WON'T PLAY CONTENT FROM STORES USING THEIR OWN FORMAT. WTF?

Apparently they're going for the ultra-niche market of those people who haven't yet bought a digital music player. Sure as hell won't be people who have any investment in music they've purchased from their own music partners...

I would be pissed if I was Napster or Rhapsody or any of those other music store also-rans. This thing has the potential to just bury them. Their own partner has basically just dumped them for a new platform and not letting anyone else play. Suckers.

They're trying to pull an Apple marketing move here and actually make a good end-to-end solution for music - but since when has Microsoft *EVER* been able to do that? They've already screwed their customers once with "Plays for Sure," are you really going to trust them with your music purchases again?
 

 

Posted: Fri - September 15, 2006 at 02:58 PM          

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