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Is the warranty the issue here? Isn't it the right to add some functionality to the device? I could see your point if there was an argument between Amoeba and

by yesyes 14y ago

Is the warranty the issue here? Isn't it the right to add some functionality to the device? I could see your point if there was an argument between Amoeba and Apple about voiding warranties. But I don't see that being the issue.

uxp 14y ago
A warranty is just a contract, much like the contract put in place that allows Rogue Amoeba to sell software on the iOS and Mac platforms. Adding in support for AirPlay to an app and selling that won't void your or my iPhone's Warranty if we were to install it, but it can void the contract put in place between Rogue Amoeba and Apple, if even just for that singular app. Here is the real reason Apple threw this app out of the store: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4087666 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4087666 RA was using a private key derived from a firmware update for the Apple Airport Basestations in order to encrypt the audio stream in accordance of the AirPlay protocol.
- yesyes 14y ago
  That reason makes Apple look worse. The example of PGP is silly. PGP is an open protocol. The user can control their own encryption. Apple like Adobe wants to take an open protocol for streaming, in Apple's case RTSP, and make it proprietary. And like Adobe they are finding this is not so easy. The more they seek to exert unreasonable control over how people use devices they have already paid for, the more motivation they give for people to find workarounds. There are benefits to everyone in having open protocols, as the thousands of examples in the RFC's demonstrate, but the only benefit of the "AirPlay" protocol is to Apple. Making devices that can only communicate with other devices you make is dubious business where networking is concerned. It just make everyone's life more difficult- except Apple's. You can't blame people for trying to get devices and accessories made by different manufacturers to work together. RA should not even have to jump through these hoops. These devices that Apple makes should be able to network with devices from other manufacturers. We do not need an "AirPlay" protocol controlled by one company.

by yesyes 14y ago

uxp 14y ago

A warranty is just a contract, much like the contract put in place that allows Rogue Amoeba to sell software on the iOS and Mac platforms. Adding in support for AirPlay to an app and selling that won't void your or my iPhone's Warranty if we were to install it, but it can void the contract put in place between Rogue Amoeba and Apple, if even just for that singular app. Here is the real reason Apple threw this app out of the store: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4087666 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4087666 RA was using a private key derived from a firmware update for the Apple Airport Basestations in order to encrypt the audio stream in accordance of the AirPlay protocol.

yesyes 14y ago
That reason makes Apple look worse. The example of PGP is silly. PGP is an open protocol. The user can control their own encryption. Apple like Adobe wants to take an open protocol for streaming, in Apple's case RTSP, and make it proprietary. And like Adobe they are finding this is not so easy. The more they seek to exert unreasonable control over how people use devices they have already paid for, the more motivation they give for people to find workarounds. There are benefits to everyone in having open protocols, as the thousands of examples in the RFC's demonstrate, but the only benefit of the "AirPlay" protocol is to Apple. Making devices that can only communicate with other devices you make is dubious business where networking is concerned. It just make everyone's life more difficult- except Apple's. You can't blame people for trying to get devices and accessories made by different manufacturers to work together. RA should not even have to jump through these hoops. These devices that Apple makes should be able to network with devices from other manufacturers. We do not need an "AirPlay" protocol controlled by one company.