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Originally Posted by roebeet
Sorry, but I disagree with you most of these points. First, lossless: WMA Lossless is only supported on a very limited amount of players, outside of the Zune - FLAC is a much better solution, and there's no licensing fee either. FLAC is basically the MP3 of the lossless world, but MS / Apple just ignore its existence.
As for device alteration, it's no different that altering your OS to allow you to exploit features in your hardware that the software developers either forgot about, or are purposely trying to restrict. You purchased the hardware, so why not get the best use out of it? UMS is a perfect example of a function that we all know the hardware can handle, but Microsoft purposely cripples it.
As for AVI support, I don't see much need for it either (for the same reasons you mentioned).
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Why does it matter if WMA lossless is supported on other players? We are talking about the Zune here. I am not aware of any licensing fee for WMA lossless, either. FLAC is overrated and hardly anyone uses it. It is okay for archiving, but it just wastes space on portable media players.
People keep whining about how Microsoft has it locked up but I hardly see anyone trying to unlock it. Most people do not try just because some of the people that have already tried gave up quickly and said it is impossible. Did the PSP, PS/PS2, DS, etc. get hacked as a result of people sitting around and complaining about those devices being locked up?