The latest change to iPod software that rendered the audio listening device less interoperable has been broken. This isn’t the first time iPod and iTunes-related algorithms were broken and it won’t be the last.
Read more about the news or download a local copy of the public domain source code that implements the new hashing algorithm.
Here’s a sample of what people are saying about the latest break:
Really the only “correct” solution is for folks to stop using Apple products.
screw you and your pathetic failed attempt to use your ridiculously trendy device to lock its owners into your sorry excuse for music playing software.
i know you’re afraid of the linux desktop eating away at your precious niche market, but at least you could play fair.
Although we -the Linux community- can choose not to buy iPods, many other people will. And it is our goal to make Linux a viable modern computing platform that allows people to use all of their existing devices.
Breaking the hash is not really a long-term solution, as they can keep making the process harder every time. The long-term solution is for iPods to have a standard interface that third parties can communicate with.
This probably should be compounded to the EU’s findings on Apple’s anti-trust practices to ensure open access to a popular device.