Showdown With iTunes DRM. Time To Get E71 Instead?
When I first got my iPhone 3G, I was running Windows XP. Recently, I discovered the itch and decided to change to Windows Vista 64. Everything was running smoothly, until I decided to try to sync my iPhone.
My safari mobile for some reason kept crashing while doing simple Google Reader-ing. Ok, probably it’s because I jailbroke it. I decided to restore to original settings. All syncing went fine, except for one thing:
Source: ZDNet: iCrash: Buggy apps tarnish iPhone 2.0 appeal
(I had to grab that off another site, as I forgot to take a screenshot of mine.) Googling around, I came across this discussion thread on apple forums. I had to click on “Store” > “Authorize…” to authorize this PC somehow. And after doing so, that’s when it happened: iTunes kindly informed me that I had used 2 out of 5 available autorizations.
What. The. F*ck.
The only thing that had changed was the operating system. My PC internals was still the same as it was back then. Who wants to bet that if I had re-installed the same copy and version of Windows 5 times, I would have used up all my available authorizations? Of course, after using all 5, you could theoretically de-authorize all your computers. Of course, there’s a catch involved. You could only do that once a year.
I didn’t buy Mass Effect or Spore because I hate the install limits it pushes on to me. I would probably not get Red Alert 3 or Far Cry 2 either. Exceptions to buying these games would be to see if a crack is available. Who am I kidding? A crack is always available. I would have to download it first. Is it about time to search for a suitable workaround for this too?
Or maybe I should just go back to owning a Nokia phone. My fiancée’s E71 is looking mighty nice right about now. And couple that with an Iriver, Cowon or Archos media player. Something like this looks mighty tempting…
November 20th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
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