I'm not suggesting anything about security. What I described works just fine on my Samsung Galaxy Tab. I can connect it and drag a protected Kindle book to it with Windows Explorer. I can do the same with the Kindle.
I can also drag Audible files to them in the same way. These are protected files and they're as secure as the Itunes files.
I don't think Itunes is about security at all. Yes it does handle secure files but that's not why it's there. I think the point is twofold. To control the interface to the device to make it what they think is easy, even though I don't agree that it's easy. And to help lock us into their ecosystem.
What I think will happen will be that Microsoft will also begin to move toward a closed ecosystem. They probably can't do that with Windows now at this point, although I'll be surprised if they don't give that a try, but the tech world is changing and my guess is that Windows 8 on tablets, and already Windows phone, will find more and more ways to lock us in.
What Apple is doing is about money, and it's working at the moment and the rest of the world seems to be planning to copy them. I think in the long run Apple will ease up and the others will tighten up and it'll get harder to tell them apart as they all end up somewhere in the middle.
Barry
--- On Thu, 6/2/11, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
> From: Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com>
> Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: Missing apps after syncing
> To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 8:39 PM
> > I suggest not needing a library
> program at all. Let me plug my Idevice into my PC and
> use Windows explorer to delete things and copy to and from
> the device. That way I'm in control and I'm using
> tools that I already know well how to use because they're
> very basic tools on my PC or Mac.
>
> I GUARANTEE that Apple will never agree to letting
> Microsoft provide the security for Apple's devices, letting
> millions of users blame Apple for Microsoft security
> lapses.
>
> > It's the worst example of an entire genre of bad
> software.
>
> So, as bad software goes, iTunes is not a good example.
> Riiight.
>
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