[OT] Apple Rant

[Roger Eller]

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 12:45 AM, Peter Haworth <pete at lcsql.com> wrote:

> Having a great Friday evening thanks to Apple.
>

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>  So I give up on that and think, OK, let's watch a movie through my new
> AppleTV box.  Already watched several NetFlix movies with no problem.
>  Ordered a movie.  After I've paid for it, I'm told a) it's only available
> to watch for 24 hours, and b) it's gonna take nearly 6 hours to download.
>  Leaving town tomorrow so no way I can watch this movie. How come NetFlix
> can automatically adjust their download resolution to my Internet
>  connection speed but Apple can't?
>

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Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>


Netflix is licensed for Microsoft Silverlight, which is way ahead of
Quicktime in the compression and streaming department.  Apple just doesn't
want to accept that fact.

~Roger