Triple Lock-in Strikes Out With This Consumer

University of Ottawa's Michael Geist talks about the "Triple Lock on Apple iPhone" that is coming to Canada.

Wow! I was concerned about too much lock-in and protectionism on the Apple iPhone before, but Roger's new twist on protectionism, high-fees, combined with new legislation in Canada (bill C-61) makes this product a no-go for me. Until I see openness and value for me as a consumer, I'll stick to my plain ole cell phone for now!

iTunes Limits Accounts to 5

TUAW, The Unofficial Apple Weblog reports that iTunes has limited the number of accounts you can use to sync purchases on your iPod to 5.

Now, that may seem reasonable until you also find out that Apple has no way to allow you to consolidate purchases from many accounts into one. I found this out when I wanted to transfer purchases from my 2nd generation ipod to my new ipod touch and called Apple support directly. This is now a particularly tricky problem since most of those e-mail addresses no longer work.

Having moved around a fair bit, and switched ISPs, my address has changed several times. It looks like I'm going to be one of those customers penalized for having too many identities and having made too many purchases.