Forum Overview :: Biohazard: Code Veronica :: Senor Barboritio MetaFilter Post

[quote name="Senor Barborito MetaFilter Post"]I would concede that by sticking to the Magnatune brand over iTunes, you are committing an overtly political act - and a good one at that. Your purchase is a choice to go with an alternative because you believe that a higher principle is at stake (DRM) as opposed to a choice to go with an alternative because of how that choice might reflect on you. I totally agree with that because you're not just buying songs, you're helping to purchase a future in which your fair use rights are treated with respect. That is entirely different from buying into a brand or an anti-consumerist brand purely for the sake of how those things alter how others so you, or influence your own self-image. [quote]One wonders, tangentially, if he finds others so repulsive, why he would bother to spend time disputing things like this with them, but each to their own.[/quote] Humans, including me, are social animals, and in this medium you come with off buttons. posted by Ryvar at 5:42 AM PST on December 12 [/quote]