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To: Doren who wrote (145204)	11/19/2012 1:07:05 AM
From: HerbVic	1 Recommendation Respond to of 213172

Not necessarily. In fact locking yourself in may lock you in the past. I use this example all the time: 24bit flac files. Not supported by Apple. I personally think forward looking people love this format. Its not going away. Forward looking people are generally on the side of more freedom, not less. I think I know what you mean, but what you are saying is that you are locking yourself into being able to take advantage of 24bit flac files, which is in the past, ergo that contradicts the statement that resisting getting locked in keeps you mired in the past. It doesn't. My statement was predicated on your statement, "I can tell you that I'm very reluctant to buy any software or media from Apple because I know they are trying to lock us in." It has nothing to do with flac, and everything to do with the ever forward march of change. And, when you resist change, you become mired in the past. Good try, though. Whatever your reasons, you just don't like buying software from the App Store. I kinda understand, but I don't. I buy from the App Store, but I absolutely refuse to use Steam and others of its ilk.