BBC set to ditch the iPod, Linux and Mac OS

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That makes me angry enough to punch a walrus. It's bad enough that I can't listen to BBC audio on my Amiga (mp3 or ogg would have been perfectly fine), but I thought if bought a Mac, I'd have no problem. I expect this kind of Windows-only crap from a FOX or CNN site, but never thought BBC would be this stupid. BBC has always had fairly pro-Mac news stories. If even the BBC goes Windows-only for streaming content, I can imagine that most other sites would too.

The future is going to really suck.

[mr_a500]

I do find it slightly amusing that non UK residents are geting their knickers in a twist about not being able to stream the BBC. It's not as though they pay for service as a licence payer.

Well, American news is shockingly biased and controlled by corporations and interest groups. Canadian news is controlled and influenced by the Americans (Canadian TV News is starting to use whole news stories by American networks, printed news is now usually AP). One of the only places to get (reasonably) un-biased news is the BBC.

As for streaming - I hate streaming content. It's another control to prevent personal copying and storage. I noticed BBC has totally redone their news website so now it's about 1/3 streaming content. Now many news stories I can't even view because they have no text versions. Eventually there will be no choice.


Microsoft knows that (to paraphrase Dune) "He who controls the stream controls the universe."