Microsoft strikes again
January 9th, 2006 by admin.
This time, it’s against Verizon customers. Verizon customers who upgrade their handsets to use it’s new music purchasing system will find that they have been blocked from playing mp3 music altogether. Microsoft demanded that Verizon customers only be allowed to play Microsoft formatted music, and that all other formats be disallowed.
Always good to put the customer first, I say. Glad Verizon and Microsoft agree.
Here’s the story (hat tip boing boing).
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January 9th, 2006 at 10:14 pm
This is not a new tactic. Verizon, in fact, is already practiced in barring its users from various features. Those who purchased the available-only-to-Verizon-Customers Motorola v700 phone when it was finally released learned that while the phone was technically capable of Bluetooth operation, Verizon had required the manufacturer to block its Bluetooth capabilities. Verizon did not want its customers to have the ability to easily install ringtones and pictures. They wanted customers to purchase these things over-the-air.