What's to stop me from cutting the cable from the controller to the phones and attaching a jack inline? If Apple were going to slip in some sort of chip to tie the phones to the player they would have put the chip in the ear buds not in the controller.
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Oh and one for Wize. My iPod is not "tied to the same brand headphones, computer connector, computer software, etc." what is there about an iPod that suggests to you that it would be tied in this way? It works perfectly happilly with my Sennheiser phones, Compaq laptop, Linux OS and RhythmBox software. The only thing that is Apple specific is the cable and since this came with the iPod I can't see it as a problem, even if I try to emulate your tinfoil hat thinking.
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What's to stop me from cutting the cable from the controller to the phones and attaching a jack inline? If Apple were going to slip in some sort of chip to tie the phones to the player they would have put the chip in the ear buds not in the controller.
Please think before typing.
Oh and one for Wize. My iPod is not "tied to the same brand headphones, computer connector, computer software, etc." what is there about an iPod that suggests to you that it would be tied in this way? It works perfectly happilly with my Sennheiser phones, Compaq laptop, Linux OS and RhythmBox software. The only thing that is Apple specific is the cable and since this came with the iPod I can't see it as a problem, even if I try to emulate your tinfoil hat thinking.