Considering problems with the iPod like this, and now Cory's observation that "Apple's spending money seeing to it that features are removed from your iPod" — well, why buy an iPod when good alternatives exist? I'm looking around at .mp3 players, and this one looks pretty good.
UPDATE: Apple steals iTunes customers' paid-for rights to stream - BoingBoing, March 16th, 2005.
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