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Rockbox on iPod now on Cnet video
LambdaCalculus:
--- Quote from: Mikerman on August 30, 2007, 11:13:09 AM ---The impression I got from the video was, You now can unlock your player and not be tied to what a manufacturer (e.g. Apple) says; I think Apple and other users will get that message loud and clear ...
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One of the big messages that we need to send, however, is that Rockbox is NOT a "skin", nor is it illegal. Some guy sitting next to me on the subway yesterday saw me using my iPod, and he thought that I skinned the Apple firmware. I told him no, this is all new software, and showed him the Rockbox credits screen. I told him that this is a free software project for many DAPs, and then he tells me something that nearly made me freak out:
"Oh, so it's one of those illegal hacker things, isn't it? Well sorry, but I don't want to go to jail for using this."
I can't believe just how IGNORANT some people can seriously be! I've gotten a lot of people into Rockbox for their own DAPs, and some guy thinks I'm part of some illegal "1337 h4x0rz" operation.
But I think this video should answer a lot of questions about Rockbox, and Free Software and hackers in general.
GodEater:
I hoped you enlightened this poor soul ?
LambdaCalculus:
I tried. Oh, how I so tried. He was your typical Micro$oft drooling drone. :( Wouldn't listen to a word I said.
I guess there's just no pleasing some people in this world. If they wish to remain ignorant, then I can't help them.
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