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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Technology Liberation Front - Latest Comments in Square Wheel</title><link>http://tlf.disqus.com/</link><description>The Technology Liberation Front is the tech policy blog dedicated to keeping politicians' hands off the 'net and everything else related to technology.</description><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:49:03 -0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>Re: Square Wheel</title><link>http://techliberation.com/2006/11/27/square-wheel/#comment-1448773</link><description>I would argue that the iPod's conservative feature set is part of what makes it successful, because that helps make the device idiot-proof to use. It's hard for many people in the geek culture to understand that many, many "normal people" want simplicity, not more features. Sometimes, it's "genuine innovation" to remove features and make something easier to use.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">David McElroy</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:49:03 -0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Re: Square Wheel</title><link>http://techliberation.com/2006/11/27/square-wheel/#comment-1448772</link><description>What's particularly sad is that, because of the iTunes DRM and conservative featureset, there really is plenty of room available for a bold company to give customers things they want but can't have, even without much genuine innovation.  And it's not like MS doesn't have cash to fight lawsuits if need be.  Ah, well.</description><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">X. Trapnel</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:58:09 -0000</pubDate></item></channel></rss>