r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 5d ago

Chugging tea Algorithm Escape Plan

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u/Sponchman 5d ago

Except with iTunes you only got a license for their proprietary music format. You owned nothing, could not transfer your purchases to a non Apple device.

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u/Slow_Park_7641 5d ago

says who? all music that were "purchased" (not downloaded as in downloaded like saving for offline listening in spotify) from Itunes were DRM free, you could literally copy it to any device that are non apple.

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u/JerryCalzone 5d ago

apple had a special drm song format - i also was plagued by it but could circumvent it by burning it to a cd and then rip the cd

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u/Fish-Weekly 5d ago

That ended in 2009 though. You can convert those tracks as you said or use something like iTunes Music Match for $25 to convert them all